#156D8A#156D8A

#156D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.089 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D8A
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, -13.97, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 26.85, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0619 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.089 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3634, 12.9304, 25.9894)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D8A #8A3215

analogous

#158A6C #156D8A #15328A

triadic

#156D8A #8A156D #6D8A15

tetradic

#156D8A #6C158A #8A3215 #328A15

square

#156D8A #6C158A #8A3215 #328A15

split-complementary

#156D8A #8A1532 #8A6C15

monochromatic

#051920 #0D4355 #156D8A #1D97BF #39B7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#156D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#156D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D8A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D8A	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.089 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997ac',
    500: '#156d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d8a;
$custom-light: #6997ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49977,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D8A

secondary

#BE5D3D

accent

#6538F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D8A

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

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