#156F5A#156F5A

#156F5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.087 H 172.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F5A
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 90)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 18.9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, -30.79, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 31.12, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% -0.0865 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.087 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8382, 12.2655, 11.6253)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F5A #6F152A

analogous

#156F2D #156F5A #15576F

triadic

#156F5A #5A156F #6F5A15

tetradic

#156F5A #2D156F #6F152A #576F15

square

#156F5A #2D156F #6F152A #576F15

split-complementary

#156F5A #6F1557 #6F2D15

monochromatic

#051A15 #0B3C30 #156F5A #1FA284 #28D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#156F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#156F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F5A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F5A	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.087 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639988',
    500: '#156f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f5a;
$custom-light: #639988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48589,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F5A

secondary

#A53A53

accent

#3D65EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F5A

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

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