#156D7F#156D7F

#156D7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.082 H 215.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D7F
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 127)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, -17.94, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 24.74, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% -0.0665 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.082 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6070, 12.6278, 22.0056)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D7F #7F2715

analogous

#157F5C #156D7F #15387F

triadic

#156D7F #7F156D #6D7F15

tetradic

#156D7F #5C157F #7F2715 #387F15

square

#156D7F #5C157F #7F2715 #387F15

split-complementary

#156D7F #7F1538 #7F5C15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C404A #156D7F #1E9AB4 #31C0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#156D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#156D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D7F

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D7F	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.082 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a4',
    500: '#156d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d7f;
$custom-light: #6797a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49454,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D7F

secondary

#B4503C

accent

#5839EE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F4

border

#C6CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D7F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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