#156E90#156E90

#156E90 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.094 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156E90
RGB	rgb(21, 110, 144)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, -12.32, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 28.41, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% -0.0605 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.094 230)
XYZ	xyz(10.9172, 13.3235, 28.3765)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#156E90 #903715

analogous

#159074 #156E90 #153190

triadic

#156E90 #90156E #6E9015

tetradic

#156E90 #741590 #903715 #319015

square

#156E90 #741590 #903715 #319015

split-complementary

#156E90 #901531 #907415

monochromatic

#051C25 #0D455B #156E90 #1D97C5 #3DB5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#156E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#156E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156E90

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156E90	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 110, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.094 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97b0',
    500: '#156e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156e90;
$custom-light: #6a97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50537,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.13325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156E90

secondary

#C2633E

accent

#6A37F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F5

border

#C7CCCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156E90

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

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