#156E6E#156E6E

#156E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E6E
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 110)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 0%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, -24.25, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 25.30, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% -0.0753 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.078 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6984, 12.4360, 16.6908)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E6E #6E1515

analogous

#156E41 #156E6E #15416E

triadic

#156E6E #6E156E #6E6E15

tetradic

#156E6E #41156E #6E1515 #416E15

square

#156E6E #41156E #6E1515 #416E15

split-complementary

#156E6E #6E1541 #6E4115

monochromatic

#051A1A #0B3B3B #156E6E #1FA1A1 #29D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#156E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E6E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E6E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659897',
    500: '#156e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e6e;
$custom-light: #659897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49006,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E6E

secondary

#A43A3A

accent

#3D3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E6E

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

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