#156E82#156E82

#156E82 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.083 H 217.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E82
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 130)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, -17.43, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 25.16, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% -0.0662 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.083 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9127, 12.9217, 23.0865)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E82 #822915

analogous

#158260 #156E82 #153882

triadic

#156E82 #82156E #6E8215

tetradic

#156E82 #601582 #822915 #388215

square

#156E82 #601582 #822915 #388215

split-complementary

#156E82 #821538 #826015

monochromatic

#04161A #0C414D #156E82 #1E9BB7 #33BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#156E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#156E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E82

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E82	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.083 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a6',
    500: '#156e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e82;
$custom-light: #6897a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 72.185,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49855,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E82

secondary

#B7533C

accent

#5A39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E82

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

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