#156E6D#156E6D

#156E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E6D
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, -24.57, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 25.46, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% -0.0758 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.078 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6442, 12.4143, 16.4057)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E6D #6E1516

analogous

#156E40 #156E6D #15426E

triadic

#156E6D #6D156E #6E6D15

tetradic

#156E6D #40156E #6E1516 #426E15

square

#156E6D #40156E #6E1516 #426E15

split-complementary

#156E6D #6E1542 #6E4015

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3B3A #156E6D #1FA1A0 #29D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#156E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#156E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E6D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E6D	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659896',
    500: '#156e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e6d;
$custom-light: #659896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48968,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E6D

secondary

#A43A3C

accent

#3D3FEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E6D

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

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