#158B9E#158B9E

#158B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.098 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#158B9E
RGB	rgb(21, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -23.22, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 29.82, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.083 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.098 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7107, 21.0913, 35.5841)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#158B9E #9E2815

analogous

#159E6C #158B9E #15479E

triadic

#158B9E #9E158B #8B9E15

tetradic

#158B9E #6C159E #9E2815 #479E15

square

#158B9E #6C159E #9E2815 #479E15

split-complementary

#158B9E #9E1547 #9E6C15

monochromatic

#072C32 #0E5B68 #158B9E #1CBBD4 #47D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#158B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#158B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #158B9E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##158B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##158B9E	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #158b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.098 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adba',
    500: '#158b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #158b9e;
$custom-light: #70adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#158b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5861,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#158B9E

secondary

#C75947

accent

#4F35F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #158B9E

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

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