#156F65#156F65

#156F65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.081 H 183.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F65
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 101)
HSL	hsl(173, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(173, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, -27.58, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 27.63, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% -0.0809 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.081 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3415, 12.4669, 14.2761)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F65 #6F151F

analogous

#156F38 #156F65 #154C6F

triadic

#156F65 #65156F #6F6515

tetradic

#156F65 #38156F #6F151F #4C6F15

square

#156F65 #38156F #6F151F #4C6F15

split-complementary

#156F65 #6F154C #6F3815

monochromatic

#051A17 #0B3C36 #156F65 #1FA294 #28D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#156F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#156F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F65

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F65	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.081 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649990',
    500: '#156f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f65;
$custom-light: #649990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4895,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F65

secondary

#A53A46

accent

#3D50EB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F65

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

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