#156E58#156E58

#156E58 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.087 H 171.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E58
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 88)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(165, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 20%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, -30.88, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 31.31, 170.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% -0.0865 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.087 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6457, 12.0149, 11.1468)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E58 #6E152B

analogous

#156E2C #156E58 #15576E

triadic

#156E58 #58156E #6E5815

tetradic

#156E58 #2C156E #6E152B #576E15

square

#156E58 #2C156E #6E152B #576E15

split-complementary

#156E58 #6E1557 #6E2C15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3B2F #156E58 #1FA181 #29D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#156E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#156E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E58

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E58	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.087 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639887',
    500: '#156e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e58;
$custom-light: #639887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.169,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48248,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E58

secondary

#A43A55

accent

#3D68EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E58

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

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