#156F7F#156F7F

#156F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.082 H 213.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F7F
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 127)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, -19.03, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 24.88, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% -0.0685 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.082 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8228, 13.0594, 22.0776)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F7F #7F2515

analogous

#157F5A #156F7F #153A7F

triadic

#156F7F #7F156F #6F7F15

tetradic

#156F7F #5A157F #7F2515 #3A7F15

square

#156F7F #5A157F #7F2515 #3A7F15

split-complementary

#156F7F #7F153A #7F5A15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C414A #156F7F #1E9DB4 #31C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#156F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#156F7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F7F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F7F	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55617F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.082 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a4',
    500: '#156f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f7f;
$custom-light: #6898a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49983,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F7F

secondary

#B44E3C

accent

#5539EE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F7F

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

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