#156E84#156E84

#156E84 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.085 H 219.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E84
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 132)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, -16.71, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 25.47, 229.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.0653 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.085 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0483, 12.9760, 23.8003)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E84 #842B15

analogous

#158463 #156E84 #153684

triadic

#156E84 #84156E #6E8415

tetradic

#156E84 #631584 #842B15 #368415

square

#156E84 #631584 #842B15 #368415

split-complementary

#156E84 #841536 #846315

monochromatic

#04161A #0D424F #156E84 #1D9AB9 #35BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#156E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#156E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E84

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E84	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.085 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a7',
    500: '#156e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e84;
$custom-light: #6897a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.892,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49948,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E84

secondary

#B9553C

accent

#5D39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E84

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

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