#156E55#156E55

#156E55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.090 H 168.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E55
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(163, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(163, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 22.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, -31.70, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 32.43, 167.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% -0.0881 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.09 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5240, 11.9662, 10.5057)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E55 #6E152E

analogous

#156E28 #156E55 #155A6E

triadic

#156E55 #55156E #6E5515

tetradic

#156E55 #28156E #6E152E #5A6E15

square

#156E55 #28156E #6E152E #5A6E15

split-complementary

#156E55 #6E155A #6E2815

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3B2D #156E55 #1FA17D #29D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#156E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#156E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E55

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E55	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.090 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639884',
    500: '#156e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e55;
$custom-light: #639884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.146,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48159,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E55

secondary

#A43A58

accent

#3D6EEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E55

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

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