#156E66#156E66

#156E66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.080 H 185.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E66
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(175, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(175, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, -26.78, -2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 26.93, 185.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% -0.0793 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.08 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2823, 12.2696, 14.4995)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E66 #6E151D

analogous

#156E39 #156E66 #15496E

triadic

#156E66 #66156E #6E6615

tetradic

#156E66 #39156E #6E151D #496E15

square

#156E66 #39156E #6E151D #496E15

split-complementary

#156E66 #6E1549 #6E3915

monochromatic

#051A18 #0B3B36 #156E66 #1FA196 #29D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#156E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#156E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E66

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E66	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.080 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649891',
    500: '#156e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e66;
$custom-light: #649891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.607,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48709,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E66

secondary

#A43A44

accent

#3D4DEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E66

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

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