#156F57#156F57

#156F57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.090 H 169.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F57
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 87)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 21.6%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, -31.62, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 32.22, 168.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0881 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.09 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7131, 12.2155, 10.9663)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F57 #6F152D

analogous

#156F2A #156F57 #155A6F

triadic

#156F57 #57156F #6F5715

tetradic

#156F57 #2A156F #6F152D #5A6F15

square

#156F57 #2A156F #6F152D #5A6F15

split-complementary

#156F57 #6F155A #6F2A15

monochromatic

#051A14 #0B3C2F #156F57 #1FA27F #28D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#156F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#156F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F57

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F57	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.090 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639986',
    500: '#156f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f57;
$custom-light: #639986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48499,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F57

secondary

#A53A57

accent

#3D6BEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F57

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

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