#156E7D#156E7D

#156E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.081 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E7D
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 125)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 12%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -19.19, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 24.63, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% -0.0684 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.081 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5852, 12.7908, 21.3617)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E7D #7D2415

analogous

#157D58 #156E7D #153A7D

triadic

#156E7D #7D156E #6E7D15

tetradic

#156E7D #58157D #7D2415 #3A7D15

square

#156E7D #58157D #7D2415 #3A7D15

split-complementary

#156E7D #7D153A #7D5815

monochromatic

#04171A #0C4049 #156E7D #1E9CB1 #30C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#156E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#156E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E7D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E7D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55607D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.081 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a2',
    500: '#156e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e7d;
$custom-light: #6798a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.654,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49629,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E7D

secondary

#B24D3C

accent

#543AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E7D

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

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