#156D8E#156D8E

#156D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.093 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D8E
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -12.49, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 27.99, 243.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0603 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.093 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6584, 13.0483, 27.5428)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D8E #8E3615

analogous

#158E73 #156D8E #15308E

triadic

#156D8E #8E156D #6D8E15

tetradic

#156D8E #73158E #8E3615 #308E15

square

#156D8E #73158E #8E3615 #308E15

split-complementary

#156D8E #8E1530 #8E7315

monochromatic

#051B23 #0D4459 #156D8E #1D96C3 #3BB5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#156D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#156D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D8E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D8E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.093 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96af',
    500: '#156d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d8e;
$custom-light: #6a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50179,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D8E

secondary

#C2613D

accent

#6A37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D8E

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

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