All About Color #156E79

#156E79

About #156E79

#156E79 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #156E79. In RGB it is red 21, green 110, blue 121; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 70%, lightness 28%; in CMYK it is 83%, 9%, 0%, 53%. Its contrast ratio is 5.93:1 on white and 3.54:1 on black.

#156E79 Color Conversion

Hex triplet15, 6E, 79
CMYK82.64%, 9.09%, 0.00%, 52.55%
RGB Decimal21, 110, 121
HSL187°, 70%, 28%
RGB Octal25, 156, 171
HSV (HSB)186.60°, 82.64%, 47.45%
RGB Binary10101, 1101110, 1111001
CIE-L*AB42.30, -20.57, -13.27
RGB Percent8.24%, 43.14%, 47.45%
CIE-L*CH42.30, 24.48, 212.82
XYZ9.34, 12.69, 20.05
CIE-L*UV42.30, -29.75, -15.80
xyY0.22, 0.30, 12.69
Hunter-Lab35.63, -15.57, -8.43
RYB8.24%, 26.70%, 47.45%

Color Accessibility Scores

#156E79 on a dark background: contrast 3.54:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#156E79 on a light background: contrast 5.93:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #156E79, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#156E79 · #23B4C7 · #08272B · #792115 · #C73623

Analogous palette

#157921 · #157953 · #156E79 · #153C79 · #211579

Triadic palette

#156E79 · #79156E · #6E7915 · #23B4C7 · #C723B4

Tetradic palette

#156E79 · #531579 · #792115 · #3C7915 · #08272B

Monochromatic palette

#041416 · #0A3338 · #156E79 · #21A8BA · #49CDDF

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