#156F42#156F42

#156F42 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.109 H 155.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F42
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(150, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(150, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 40.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, -36.73, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 40.90, 153.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% -0.0991 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.109 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9764, 11.9208, 7.0865)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F42 #6F1542

analogous

#156F15 #156F42 #156F6F

triadic

#156F42 #42156F #6F4215

tetradic

#156F42 #15156F #6F1542 #6F6F15

square

#156F42 #15156F #6F1542 #6F6F15

split-complementary

#156F42 #6F156F #6F1515

monochromatic

#051A0F #0B3C23 #156F42 #1FA261 #28D67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#156F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#156F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F42

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F42	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.109 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639977',
    500: '#156f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f42;
$custom-light: #639977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47961,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F42

secondary

#A53A70

accent

#3D94EB

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2ED

border

#C6CCC8

text

#060E08

muted

#7A7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F42

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

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