#156E65#156E65

#156E65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.080 H 184.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E65
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(174, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, -27.09, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 27.18, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% -0.0798 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.08 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2330, 12.2499, 14.2399)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E65 #6E151E

analogous

#156E39 #156E65 #154A6E

triadic

#156E65 #65156E #6E6515

tetradic

#156E65 #39156E #6E151E #4A6E15

square

#156E65 #39156E #6E151E #4A6E15

split-complementary

#156E65 #6E154A #6E3915

monochromatic

#051A18 #0B3B36 #156E65 #1FA194 #29D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#156E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#156E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E65

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E65	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5E66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.080 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649890',
    500: '#156e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e65;
$custom-light: #649890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.933,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48674,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E65

secondary

#A43A45

accent

#3D4FEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E65

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

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