#156F7E#156F7E

#156F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.081 H 212.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F7E
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, -19.38, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 24.81, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.069 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.081 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7580, 13.0334, 21.7360)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F7E #7E2415

analogous

#157E59 #156F7E #153B7E

triadic

#156F7E #7E156F #6F7E15

tetradic

#156F7E #59157E #7E2415 #3B7E15

square

#156F7E #59157E #7E2415 #3B7E15

split-complementary

#156F7E #7E153B #7E5915

monochromatic

#04171A #0C414A #156F7E #1E9DB2 #31C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#156F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#156F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F7E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F7E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.081 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6798a3',
    500: '#156f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f7e;
$custom-light: #6798a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49938,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F7E

secondary

#B34D3C

accent

#533AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F7E

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

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