#158B8E#158B8E

#158B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.095 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#158B8E
RGB	rgb(21, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -28.50, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 30.30, 199.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0901 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.095 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4221, 20.5758, 28.7973)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#158B8E #8E1815

analogous

#158E55 #158B8E #154E8E

triadic

#158B8E #8E158B #8B8E15

tetradic

#158B8E #55158E #8E1815 #4E8E15

square

#158B8E #55158E #8E1815 #4E8E15

split-complementary

#158B8E #8E154E #8E5515

monochromatic

#052323 #0D5759 #158B8E #1DBFC3 #3BDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#158B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#158B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #158B8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##158B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##158B8E	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #158b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.095 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadaf',
    500: '#158b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #158b8e;
$custom-light: #6dadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#158b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57962,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#158B8E

secondary

#C2403D

accent

#3C37F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #158B8E

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

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