#156E7B#156E7B

#156E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.080 H 210.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E7B
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, -19.89, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 24.53, 215.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0693 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.08 210)
XYZ	xyz(9.4588, 12.7402, 20.6956)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E7B #7B2215

analogous

#157B55 #156E7B #153B7B

triadic

#156E7B #7B156E #6E7B15

tetradic

#156E7B #55157B #7B2215 #3B7B15

square

#156E7B #55157B #7B2215 #3B7B15

split-complementary

#156E7B #7B153B #7B5515

monochromatic

#04171A #0C3F47 #156E7B #1E9DAF #2FC5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#156E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#156E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E7B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E7B	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.080 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a1',
    500: '#156e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e7b;
$custom-light: #6798a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.647,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49541,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.12741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E7B

secondary

#B04A3B

accent

#513AEE

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E7B

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

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