#156E42#156E42

#156E42 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.107 H 155.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E42
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(150, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(150, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 40%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, -36.32, 17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 40.32, 154.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% -0.098 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.107 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8679, 11.7038, 7.0503)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E42 #6E1541

analogous

#156E15 #156E42 #156D6E

triadic

#156E42 #42156E #6E4215

tetradic

#156E42 #15156E #6E1541 #6D6E15

square

#156E42 #15156E #6E1541 #6D6E15

split-complementary

#156E42 #6E156D #6E1515

monochromatic

#051A0F #0B3B23 #156E42 #1FA161 #29D580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#156E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#156E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E42

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E42	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)

#6D653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.107 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639876',
    500: '#156e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e42;
$custom-light: #639876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.337,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47674,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E42

secondary

#A43A6F

accent

#3D93EB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2ED

border

#C6CCC8

text

#060E08

muted

#7A7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E42

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

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