#156F7B#156F7B

#156F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.080 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F7B
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 123)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, -20.42, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 24.68, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.0703 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.08 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5673, 12.9572, 20.7318)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F7B #7B2115

analogous

#157B54 #156F7B #153C7B

triadic

#156F7B #7B156F #6F7B15

tetradic

#156F7B #54157B #7B2115 #3C7B15

square

#156F7B #54157B #7B2115 #3C7B15

split-complementary

#156F7B #7B153C #7B5415

monochromatic

#04181A #0C4047 #156F7B #1E9EAF #2FC7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#156F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#156F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F7B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F7B	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57617B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.080 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a1',
    500: '#156f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f7b;
$custom-light: #6798a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49807,
    "c": 0.0802,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F7B

secondary

#B0493B

accent

#4F3AEE

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F7B

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

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