#156F81#156F81

#156F81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.083 H 215.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F81
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 129)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 14%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, -18.33, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 25.07, 223.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.0676 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.083 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9544, 13.1120, 22.7708)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F81 #812715

analogous

#15815D #156F81 #153981

triadic

#156F81 #81156F #6F8115

tetradic

#156F81 #5D1581 #812715 #398115

square

#156F81 #5D1581 #812715 #398115

split-complementary

#156F81 #811539 #815D15

monochromatic

#04171A #0C424C #156F81 #1E9CB6 #33C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#156F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#156F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F81

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F81	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.083 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a5',
    500: '#156f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f81;
$custom-light: #6898a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50073,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F81

secondary

#B6503C

accent

#5739EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F81

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

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