#156F8D#156F8D

#156F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.091 H 226.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F8D
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, -14.01, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 27.38, 239.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% -0.0627 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.091 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7994, 13.4500, 27.2211)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F8D #8D3315

analogous

#158D6F #156F8D #15338D

triadic

#156F8D #8D156F #6F8D15

tetradic

#156F8D #6F158D #8D3315 #338D15

square

#156F8D #6F158D #8D3315 #338D15

split-complementary

#156F8D #8D1533 #8D6F15

monochromatic

#051B22 #0D4558 #156F8D #1D99C2 #3BB8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#156F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#156F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F8D

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F8D	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.091 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98ae',
    500: '#156f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f8d;
$custom-light: #6a98ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50642,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F8D

secondary

#C15E3D

accent

#6537F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F8D

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

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