#156E62#156E62

#156E62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.081 H 181.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E62
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 98)
HSL	hsl(172, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 10.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, -28.00, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 28.01, 181.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% -0.0813 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.081 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0887, 12.1921, 13.4799)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E62 #6E1521

analogous

#156E35 #156E62 #154D6E

triadic

#156E62 #62156E #6E6215

tetradic

#156E62 #35156E #6E1521 #4D6E15

square

#156E62 #35156E #6E1521 #4D6E15

split-complementary

#156E62 #6E154D #6E3515

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3B34 #156E62 #1FA190 #29D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#156E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#156E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E62

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E62	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.081 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988e',
    500: '#156e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e62;
$custom-light: #64988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4857,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E62

secondary

#A43A49

accent

#3D54EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E62

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

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