#156F89#156F89

#156F89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.088 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F89
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 137)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 19%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, -15.47, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 26.40, 234.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0643 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.088 223)
XYZ	xyz(10.5072, 13.3331, 25.6818)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F89 #892F15

analogous

#158969 #156F89 #153589

triadic

#156F89 #89156F #6F8915

tetradic

#156F89 #691589 #892F15 #358915

square

#156F89 #691589 #892F15 #358915

split-complementary

#156F89 #891535 #896915

monochromatic

#05191F #0D4454 #156F89 #1D9ABE #38BBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#156F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#156F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F89

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F89	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.088 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6998ab',
    500: '#156f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f89;
$custom-light: #6998ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50447,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.13334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F89

secondary

#BD593D

accent

#6138F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F89

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

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