#156E5C#156E5C

#156E5C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.085 H 175.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E5C
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 92)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 16.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, -29.76, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 29.90, 174.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% -0.0844 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.085 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8160, 12.0830, 12.0435)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E5C #6E1527

analogous

#156E2F #156E5C #15536E

triadic

#156E5C #5C156E #6E5C15

tetradic

#156E5C #2F156E #6E1527 #536E15

square

#156E5C #2F156E #6E1527 #536E15

split-complementary

#156E5C #6E1553 #6E2F15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3B31 #156E5C #1FA187 #29D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#156E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#156E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E5C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E5C	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.085 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63988a',
    500: '#156e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e5c;
$custom-light: #63988a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.865,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48372,
    "c": 0.08472,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E5C

secondary

#A43A50

accent

#3D60EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E5C

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

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