#156E7A#156E7A

#156E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.080 H 208.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E7A
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, -20.23, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 24.50, 214.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% -0.0697 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.08 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3965, 12.7153, 20.3676)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E7A #7A2115

analogous

#157A53 #156E7A #153B7A

triadic

#156E7A #7A156E #6E7A15

tetradic

#156E7A #53157A #7A2115 #3B7A15

square

#156E7A #53157A #7A2115 #3B7A15

split-complementary

#156E7A #7A153B #7A5315

monochromatic

#04181A #0C3F46 #156E7A #1E9DAE #2EC7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#156E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#156E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E7A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E7A	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56607A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.080 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a0',
    500: '#156e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e7a;
$custom-light: #6798a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.129,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49498,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E7A

secondary

#AF493B

accent

#503AED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E7A

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

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