#156E7E#156E7E

#156E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.081 H 213.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E7E
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, -18.84, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 24.71, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% -0.0679 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.081 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6495, 12.8164, 21.6999)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E7E #7E2515

analogous

#157E5A #156E7E #153A7E

triadic

#156E7E #7E156E #6E7E15

tetradic

#156E7E #5A157E #7E2515 #3A7E15

square

#156E7E #5A157E #7E2515 #3A7E15

split-complementary

#156E7E #7E153A #7E5A15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C404A #156E7E #1E9CB2 #31C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#156E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#156E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E7E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E7E	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.081 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a3',
    500: '#156e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e7e;
$custom-light: #6797a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49674,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E7E

secondary

#B34E3C

accent

#553AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E7E

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

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