#156E40#156E40

#156E40 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.109 H 154.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E40
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(149, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(149, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 41.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, -36.74, 18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 41.20, 153.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% -0.099 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.109 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8100, 11.6806, 6.7452)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E40 #6E1543

analogous

#166E15 #156E40 #156E6C

triadic

#156E40 #40156E #6E4015

tetradic

#156E40 #15166E #6E1543 #6E6C15

square

#156E40 #15166E #6E1543 #6E6C15

split-complementary

#156E40 #6C156E #6E1516

monochromatic

#051A0F #0B3B22 #156E40 #1FA15E #29D57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#156E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E40

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E40	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E643D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.109 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639875',
    500: '#156e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e40;
$custom-light: #639875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.989,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4763,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E40

secondary

#A43A71

accent

#3D97EB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2ED

border

#C6CCC8

text

#060E08

muted

#7A7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E40

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

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