#156E77#156E77

#156E77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.079 H 205.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E77
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 119)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, -21.26, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 24.50, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% -0.0711 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.079 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2135, 12.6420, 19.4038)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E77 #771E15

analogous

#15774F #156E77 #153D77

triadic

#156E77 #77156E #6E7715

tetradic

#156E77 #4F1577 #771E15 #3D7715

square

#156E77 #4F1577 #771E15 #3D7715

split-complementary

#156E77 #77153D #774F15

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3E43 #156E77 #1E9EAB #2DCADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#156E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#156E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E77

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E77	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.079 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989e',
    500: '#156e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e77;
$custom-light: #66989e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4937,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E77

secondary

#AD463B

accent

#4B3BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E77

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

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