#156E78#156E78

#156E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.079 H 206.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E78
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 120)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, -20.92, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 24.48, 211.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% -0.0706 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.079 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2739, 12.6662, 19.7217)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E78 #781F15

analogous

#157851 #156E78 #153C78

triadic

#156E78 #78156E #6E7815

tetradic

#156E78 #511578 #781F15 #3C7815

square

#156E78 #511578 #781F15 #3C7815

split-complementary

#156E78 #78153C #785115

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3E44 #156E78 #1E9EAC #2DC9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#156E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#156E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E78

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E78	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.079 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989f',
    500: '#156e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e78;
$custom-light: #66989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49412,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E78

secondary

#AE473B

accent

#4D3BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E78

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

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