#156F78#156F78

#156F78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.079 H 205.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F78
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 120)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, -21.45, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 24.68, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% -0.0717 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.079 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3824, 12.8832, 19.7579)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F78 #781E15

analogous

#157850 #156F78 #153D78

triadic

#156F78 #78156F #6F7815

tetradic

#156F78 #501578 #781E15 #3D7815

square

#156F78 #501578 #781E15 #3D7815

split-complementary

#156F78 #78153D #785015

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3F44 #156F78 #1E9FAC #2DCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#156F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#156F78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F78

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F78	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.079 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#156f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f78;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4968,
    "c": 0.07932,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F78

secondary

#AE463B

accent

#4B3BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F78

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

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