#156E73#156E73

#156E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.078 H 200.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E73
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 115)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(183, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -22.61, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 24.71, 203.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.21% -0.0729 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(49.21% 0.078 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9783, 12.5480, 18.1651)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E73 #731A15

analogous

#157349 #156E73 #153F73

triadic

#156E73 #73156E #6E7315

tetradic

#156E73 #491573 #731A15 #3F7315

square

#156E73 #491573 #731A15 #3F7315

split-complementary

#156E73 #73153F #734915

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3D3F #156E73 #1EA0A7 #2ACFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#156E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#156E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E73

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E73	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.078 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989b',
    500: '#156e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e73;
$custom-light: #66989b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.191,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49205,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E73

secondary

#A9413B

accent

#453CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E73

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

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