#156E57#156E57

#156E57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.088 H 170.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E57
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, -31.16, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 31.68, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% -0.087 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.088 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6046, 11.9985, 10.9301)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E57 #6E152C

analogous

#156E2A #156E57 #15586E

triadic

#156E57 #57156E #6E5715

tetradic

#156E57 #2A156E #6E152C #586E15

square

#156E57 #2A156E #6E152C #586E15

split-complementary

#156E57 #6E1558 #6E2A15

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3B2E #156E57 #1FA180 #29D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#156E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#156E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E57

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E57	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)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.088 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639886',
    500: '#156e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e57;
$custom-light: #639886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.494,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48218,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E57

secondary

#A43A56

accent

#3D6AEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E57

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

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