#156F8E#156F8E

#156F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.092 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F8E
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, -13.64, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 27.65, 240.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% -0.0623 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.092 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8742, 13.4799, 27.6147)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F8E #8E3415

analogous

#158E71 #156F8E #15338E

triadic

#156F8E #8E156F #6F8E15

tetradic

#156F8E #71158E #8E3415 #338E15

square

#156F8E #71158E #8E3415 #338E15

split-complementary

#156F8E #8E1533 #8E7115

monochromatic

#051C23 #0D4559 #156F8E #1D99C3 #3BB7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#156F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#156F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F8E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F8E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.092 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98af',
    500: '#156f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f8e;
$custom-light: #6a98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50692,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F8E

secondary

#C25F3D

accent

#6737F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F8E

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

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