#156E59#156E59

#156E59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.087 H 172.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E59
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 19.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, -30.61, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 30.95, 171.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% -0.086 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.087 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6874, 12.0316, 11.3664)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E59 #6E152A

analogous

#156E2C #156E59 #15566E

triadic

#156E59 #59156E #6E5915

tetradic

#156E59 #2C156E #6E152A #566E15

square

#156E59 #2C156E #6E152A #566E15

split-complementary

#156E59 #6E1556 #6E2C15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3B2F #156E59 #1FA183 #29D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#156E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#156E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E59

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E59	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.087 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639887',
    500: '#156e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e59;
$custom-light: #639887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.843,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48278,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E59

secondary

#A43A53

accent

#3D66EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E59

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

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