#156E5A#156E5A

#156E5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.086 H 173.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E5A
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 90)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(167, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 18.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, -30.33, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 30.59, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% -0.0855 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.086 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7297, 12.0485, 11.5891)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E5A #6E1529

analogous

#156E2D #156E5A #15556E

triadic

#156E5A #5A156E #6E5A15

tetradic

#156E5A #2D156E #6E1529 #556E15

square

#156E5A #2D156E #6E1529 #556E15

split-complementary

#156E5A #6E1555 #6E2D15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3B30 #156E5A #1FA184 #29D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#156E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#156E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E5A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E5A	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)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.086 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639888',
    500: '#156e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e5a;
$custom-light: #639888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.517,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48309,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E5A

secondary

#A43A52

accent

#3D64EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E5A

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

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