#156F63#156F63

#156F63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.082 H 181.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F63
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 99)
HSL	hsl(172, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, -28.19, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 28.19, 181.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% -0.0819 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.082 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2447, 12.4281, 13.7663)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F63 #6F1521

analogous

#156F36 #156F63 #154E6F

triadic

#156F63 #63156F #6F6315

tetradic

#156F63 #36156F #6F1521 #4E6F15

square

#156F63 #36156F #6F1521 #4E6F15

split-complementary

#156F63 #6F154E #6F3615

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3C35 #156F63 #1FA291 #28D6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#156F63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156F63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F63

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F63	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.082 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64998f',
    500: '#156f63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f63;
$custom-light: #64998f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48881,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F63

secondary

#A53A49

accent

#3D54EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F63

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

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