#156E56#156E56

#156E56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.089 H 169.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E56
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, -31.43, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 32.05, 168.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% -0.0875 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.089 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5640, 11.9823, 10.7164)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E56 #6E152D

analogous

#156E29 #156E56 #15596E

triadic

#156E56 #56156E #6E5615

tetradic

#156E56 #29156E #6E152D #596E15

square

#156E56 #29156E #6E152D #596E15

split-complementary

#156E56 #6E1559 #6E2915

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3B2E #156E56 #1FA17E #29D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#156E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#156E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E56

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E56	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.089 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639885',
    500: '#156e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e56;
$custom-light: #639885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.82,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48188,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E56

secondary

#A43A57

accent

#3D6CEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E56

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

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