#156E8A#156E8A

#156E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.089 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E8A
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -14.54, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 26.73, 237.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% -0.0629 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.089 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4707, 13.1449, 26.0252)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E8A #8A3115

analogous

#158A6B #156E8A #15338A

triadic

#156E8A #8A156E #6E8A15

tetradic

#156E8A #6B158A #8A3115 #338A15

square

#156E8A #6B158A #8A3115 #338A15

split-complementary

#156E8A #8A1533 #8A6B15

monochromatic

#051920 #0D4455 #156E8A #1D98BF #39B9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#156E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#156E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E8A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E8A	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.089 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997ac',
    500: '#156e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e8a;
$custom-light: #6997ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50236,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E8A

secondary

#BE5C3D

accent

#6438F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E8A

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

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