#156E8E#156E8E

#156E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.092 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E8E
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -13.07, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 27.81, 241.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% -0.0613 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.092 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7657, 13.2629, 27.5785)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156E8E #8E3515

analogous

#158E72 #156E8E #15318E

triadic

#156E8E #8E156E #6E8E15

tetradic

#156E8E #72158E #8E3515 #318E15

square

#156E8E #72158E #8E3515 #318E15

split-complementary

#156E8E #8E1531 #8E7215

monochromatic

#051B23 #0D4559 #156E8E #1D97C3 #3BB6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#156E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#156E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E8E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E8E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.092 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97af',
    500: '#156e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e8e;
$custom-light: #6a97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50435,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E8E

secondary

#C2603D

accent

#6837F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E8E

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

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