#156E51#156E51

#156E51 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.093 H 165.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E51
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(160, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 26.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, -32.76, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 33.99, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% -0.0902 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.093 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3695, 11.9045, 9.6924)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E51 #6E1532

analogous

#156E24 #156E51 #155E6E

triadic

#156E51 #51156E #6E5115

tetradic

#156E51 #24156E #6E1532 #5E6E15

square

#156E51 #24156E #6E1532 #5E6E15

split-complementary

#156E51 #6E155E #6E2415

monochromatic

#051A13 #0B3B2B #156E51 #1FA177 #29D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#156E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E51

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E51	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.093 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639881',
    500: '#156e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e51;
$custom-light: #639881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.449,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48045,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E51

secondary

#A43A5D

accent

#3D76EB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#060E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E51

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

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