#156E50#156E50

#156E50 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.094 H 164.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E50
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(160, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 27.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, -33.01, 9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 34.40, 163.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% -0.0907 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.094 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3323, 11.8896, 9.4963)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E50 #6E1533

analogous

#156E23 #156E50 #155F6E

triadic

#156E50 #50156E #6E5015

tetradic

#156E50 #23156E #6E1533 #5F6E15

square

#156E50 #23156E #6E1533 #5F6E15

split-complementary

#156E50 #6E155F #6E2315

monochromatic

#051A13 #0B3B2B #156E50 #1FA175 #29D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#156E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E50

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E50	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.094 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639881',
    500: '#156e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e50;
$custom-light: #639881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.775,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48018,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E50

secondary

#A43A5E

accent

#3D78EB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#060E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E50

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

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