#156E69#156E69

#156E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.079 H 189.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E69
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(177, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, -25.85, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 26.23, 189.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% -0.0778 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.079 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4338, 12.3302, 15.2973)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E69 #6E151A

analogous

#156E3C #156E69 #15466E

triadic

#156E69 #69156E #6E6915

tetradic

#156E69 #3C156E #6E151A #466E15

square

#156E69 #3C156E #6E151A #466E15

split-complementary

#156E69 #6E1546 #6E3C15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3B38 #156E69 #1FA19A #29D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#156E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#156E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E69

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E69	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.079 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659893',
    500: '#156e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e69;
$custom-light: #659893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.629,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48818,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E69

secondary

#A43A40

accent

#3D47EB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E69

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

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