#156D8D#156D8D

#156D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.092 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D8D
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -12.86, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 27.69, 242.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0607 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.092 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5836, 13.0185, 27.1491)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D8D #8D3515

analogous

#158D71 #156D8D #15318D

triadic

#156D8D #8D156D #6D8D15

tetradic

#156D8D #71158D #8D3515 #318D15

square

#156D8D #71158D #8D3515 #318D15

split-complementary

#156D8D #8D1531 #8D7115

monochromatic

#051B22 #0D4458 #156D8D #1D96C2 #3BB5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#156D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#156D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D8D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D8D	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.092 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96ae',
    500: '#156d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d8d;
$custom-light: #6a96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50128,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D8D

secondary

#C1603D

accent

#6937F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D8D

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

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