#156E60#156E60

#156E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.082 H 179.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E60
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(171, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(171, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, -28.60, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 28.60, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0824 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.082 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9954, 12.1548, 12.9888)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E60 #6E1523

analogous

#156E33 #156E60 #154F6E

triadic

#156E60 #60156E #6E6015

tetradic

#156E60 #33156E #6E1523 #4F6E15

square

#156E60 #33156E #6E1523 #4F6E15

split-complementary

#156E60 #6E154F #6E3315

monochromatic

#051A16 #0B3B33 #156E60 #1FA18D #29D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#156E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#156E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E60

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E60	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.082 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988d',
    500: '#156e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e60;
$custom-light: #64988d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.562,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48502,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E60

secondary

#A43A4B

accent

#3D58EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E60

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →