#156E5E#156E5E

#156E5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.083 H 177.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E5E
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, -29.18, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 29.24, 176.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% -0.0834 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.083 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9045, 12.1185, 12.5100)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E5E #6E1525

analogous

#156E31 #156E5E #15516E

triadic

#156E5E #5E156E #6E5E15

tetradic

#156E5E #31156E #6E1525 #516E15

square

#156E5E #31156E #6E1525 #516E15

split-complementary

#156E5E #6E1551 #6E3115

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3B32 #156E5E #1FA18A #29D5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#156E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#156E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E5E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E5E	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.083 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988b',
    500: '#156e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e5e;
$custom-light: #64988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.213,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48436,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E5E

secondary

#A43A4D

accent

#3D5CEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E5E

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

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