#156D8F#156D8F

#156D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.094 H 230.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156D8F
RGB	rgb(21, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, -12.12, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 28.30, 244.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% -0.06 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.094 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7338, 13.0785, 27.9400)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156D8F #8F3715

analogous

#158F74 #156D8F #15308F

triadic

#156D8F #8F156D #6D8F15

tetradic

#156D8F #74158F #8F3715 #308F15

square

#156D8F #74158F #8F3715 #308F15

split-complementary

#156D8F #8F1530 #8F7415

monochromatic

#051C24 #0D445A #156D8F #1D96C4 #3CB4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#156D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#156D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156D8F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156D8F	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.094 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96b0',
    500: '#156d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156d8f;
$custom-light: #6a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5023,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156D8F

secondary

#C2633E

accent

#6B37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156D8F

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

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