#156F8A#156F8A

#156F8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.089 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F8A
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -15.10, -21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 26.63, 235.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% -0.0639 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.089 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5792, 13.3619, 26.0614)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F8A #8A3015

analogous

#158A6A #156F8A #15348A

triadic

#156F8A #8A156F #6F8A15

tetradic

#156F8A #6A158A #8A3015 #348A15

square

#156F8A #6A158A #8A3015 #348A15

split-complementary

#156F8A #8A1534 #8A6A15

monochromatic

#051A20 #0D4455 #156F8A #1D9ABF #39BAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#156F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#156F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F8A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F8A	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.089 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6998ac',
    500: '#156f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f8a;
$custom-light: #6998ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F8A

secondary

#BE5B3D

accent

#6238F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F8A

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

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