#156E5F#156E5F

#156E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.083 H 178.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E5F
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, -28.89, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 28.91, 177.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% -0.0829 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.083 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9497, 12.1365, 12.7479)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E5F #6E1524

analogous

#156E32 #156E5F #15506E

triadic

#156E5F #5F156E #6E5F15

tetradic

#156E5F #32156E #6E1524 #506E15

square

#156E5F #32156E #6E1524 #506E15

split-complementary

#156E5F #6E1550 #6E3215

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3B33 #156E5F #1FA18B #29D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#156E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#156E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E5F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E5F	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.083 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988c',
    500: '#156e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e5f;
$custom-light: #64988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.888,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48469,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E5F

secondary

#A43A4C

accent

#3D5AEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E5F

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

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