#156F6A#156F6A

#156F6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.079 H 189.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F6A
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 106)
HSL	hsl(177, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, -26.03, -4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 26.42, 189.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% -0.0784 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.079 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5940, 12.5679, 15.6058)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F6A #6F151A

analogous

#156F3D #156F6A #15476F

triadic

#156F6A #6A156F #6F6A15

tetradic

#156F6A #3D156F #6F151A #476F15

square

#156F6A #3D156F #6F151A #476F15

split-complementary

#156F6A #6F1547 #6F3D15

monochromatic

#051A19 #0B3C39 #156F6A #1FA29B #28D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#156F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#156F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F6A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F6A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.079 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659994',
    500: '#156f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f6a;
$custom-light: #659994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49129,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F6A

secondary

#A53A40

accent

#3D46EB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F6A

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

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