#156E8D#156E8D

#156E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.091 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E8D
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, -13.44, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 27.52, 240.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% -0.0617 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.092 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6909, 13.2330, 27.1849)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E8D #8D3415

analogous

#158D70 #156E8D #15328D

triadic

#156E8D #8D156E #6E8D15

tetradic

#156E8D #70158D #8D3415 #328D15

square

#156E8D #70158D #8D3415 #328D15

split-complementary

#156E8D #8D1532 #8D7015

monochromatic

#051B22 #0D4458 #156E8D #1D98C2 #3BB7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#156E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#156E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E8D

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E8D	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.091 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97ae',
    500: '#156e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e8d;
$custom-light: #6a97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50385,
    "c": 0.0915,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E8D

secondary

#C15F3D

accent

#6737F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E8D

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

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