#156F79#156F79

#156F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.080 H 206.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F79
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 121)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -21.11, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 24.67, 211.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.0712 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.08 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4434, 12.9076, 20.0792)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F79 #791F15

analogous

#157951 #156F79 #153D79

triadic

#156F79 #79156F #6F7915

tetradic

#156F79 #511579 #791F15 #3D7915

square

#156F79 #511579 #791F15 #3D7915

split-complementary

#156F79 #79153D #795115

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3F45 #156F79 #1E9FAD #2EC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#156F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#156F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F79

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F79	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.080 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67989f',
    500: '#156f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f79;
$custom-light: #67989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49722,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F79

secondary

#AF473B

accent

#4C3BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F79

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

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