#156F66#156F66

#156F66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.081 H 184.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F66
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 102)
HSL	hsl(174, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, -27.28, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 27.37, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% -0.0804 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.081 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3908, 12.4866, 14.5357)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F66 #6F151E

analogous

#156F39 #156F66 #154B6F

triadic

#156F66 #66156F #6F6615

tetradic

#156F66 #39156F #6F151E #4B6F15

square

#156F66 #39156F #6F151E #4B6F15

split-complementary

#156F66 #6F154B #6F3915

monochromatic

#051A18 #0B3C37 #156F66 #1FA295 #28D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#156F66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#156F66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F66

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F66	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.081 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649991',
    500: '#156f66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f66;
$custom-light: #649991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48985,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F66

secondary

#A53A45

accent

#3D4EEB

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F66

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

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