#156E6F#156E6F

#156E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E6F
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 111)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, -23.93, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 25.15, 197.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% -0.0748 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.078 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7531, 12.4579, 16.9791)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E6F #6F1615

analogous

#156F43 #156E6F #15416F

triadic

#156E6F #6F156E #6E6F15

tetradic

#156E6F #43156F #6F1615 #416F15

square

#156E6F #43156F #6F1615 #416F15

split-complementary

#156E6F #6F1541 #6F4315

monochromatic

#05191A #0B3B3C #156E6F #1FA1A2 #28D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#156E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E6F

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E6F	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659898',
    500: '#156e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e6f;
$custom-light: #659898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49045,
    "c": 0.0779,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E6F

secondary

#A53C3A

accent

#3F3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E6F

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

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