#156E5B#156E5B

#156E5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.085 H 174.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E5B
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(167, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 17.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, -30.05, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 30.24, 173.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% -0.0849 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.085 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7725, 12.0657, 11.8148)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E5B #6E1528

analogous

#156E2E #156E5B #15546E

triadic

#156E5B #5B156E #6E5B15

tetradic

#156E5B #2E156E #6E1528 #546E15

square

#156E5B #2E156E #6E1528 #546E15

split-complementary

#156E5B #6E1554 #6E2E15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3B30 #156E5B #1FA186 #29D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#156E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#156E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E5B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E5B	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A665A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.085 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639889',
    500: '#156e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e5b;
$custom-light: #639889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.191,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4834,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E5B

secondary

#A43A51

accent

#3D62EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E5B

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

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