#156E63#156E63

#156E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.081 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E63
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(173, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(173, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, -27.70, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 27.72, 182.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% -0.0808 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.081 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1362, 12.2111, 13.7301)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E63 #6E1520

analogous

#156E36 #156E63 #154C6E

triadic

#156E63 #63156E #6E6315

tetradic

#156E63 #36156E #6E1520 #4C6E15

square

#156E63 #36156E #6E1520 #4C6E15

split-complementary

#156E63 #6E154C #6E3615

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3B35 #156E63 #1FA191 #29D5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#156E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#156E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E63

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E63	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.081 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988f',
    500: '#156e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e63;
$custom-light: #64988f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.584,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48604,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E63

secondary

#A43A48

accent

#3D52EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E63

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

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