#156E7F#156E7F

#156E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.082 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E7F
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 127)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -18.49, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 24.80, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.0675 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.082 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7143, 12.8424, 22.0414)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E7F #7F2615

analogous

#157F5B #156E7F #15397F

triadic

#156E7F #7F156E #6E7F15

tetradic

#156E7F #5B157F #7F2615 #397F15

square

#156E7F #5B157F #7F2615 #397F15

split-complementary

#156E7F #7F1539 #7F5B15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C414A #156E7F #1E9BB4 #31C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#156E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#156E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E7F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E7F	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54607F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.082 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a4',
    500: '#156e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e7f;
$custom-light: #6797a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49718,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E7F

secondary

#B44F3C

accent

#5639EE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E7F

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

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