#156E6A#156E6A

#156E6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.079 H 190.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E6A
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 106)
HSL	hsl(177, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, -25.53, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 26.01, 191.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% -0.0773 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.079 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4855, 12.3508, 15.5696)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E6A #6E1519

analogous

#156E3D #156E6A #15456E

triadic

#156E6A #6A156E #6E6A15

tetradic

#156E6A #3D156E #6E1519 #456E15

square

#156E6A #3D156E #6E1519 #456E15

split-complementary

#156E6A #6E1545 #6E3D15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3B38 #156E6A #1FA19C #29D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#156E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#156E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E6A

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E6A	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67686A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.079 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659894',
    500: '#156e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e6a;
$custom-light: #659894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.303,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48855,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E6A

secondary

#A43A3F

accent

#3D45EB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E6A

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

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