#156E53#156E53

#156E53 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.091 H 167.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E53
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 83)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(162, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, -32.23, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 33.20, 166.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% -0.0891 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.091 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4457, 11.9349, 10.0932)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E53 #6E1530

analogous

#156E26 #156E53 #155C6E

triadic

#156E53 #53156E #6E5315

tetradic

#156E53 #26156E #6E1530 #5C6E15

square

#156E53 #26156E #6E1530 #5C6E15

split-complementary

#156E53 #6E155C #6E2615

monochromatic

#051A13 #0B3B2C #156E53 #1FA17A #29D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#156E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#156E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E53

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E53	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.091 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639883',
    500: '#156e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e53;
$custom-light: #639883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.798,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48101,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E53

secondary

#A43A5B

accent

#3D72EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E53

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

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