#156F8F#156F8F

#156F8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.093 H 228.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156F8F
RGB	rgb(21, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, -13.27, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 27.93, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% -0.0619 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.093 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9496, 13.5101, 28.0119)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156F8F #8F3515

analogous

#158F72 #156F8F #15328F

triadic

#156F8F #8F156F #6F8F15

tetradic

#156F8F #72158F #8F3515 #328F15

square

#156F8F #72158F #8F3515 #328F15

split-complementary

#156F8F #8F1532 #8F7215

monochromatic

#051C24 #0D465A #156F8F #1D98C4 #3CB7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#156F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#156F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156F8F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156F8F	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E628F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.093 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98b0',
    500: '#156f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156f8f;
$custom-light: #6a98b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50742,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156F8F

secondary

#C2603E

accent

#6837F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #156F8F

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

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