#158C9E#158C9E

#158C9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.098 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#158C9E
RGB	rgb(21, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -23.74, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 29.93, 217.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.084 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.098 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8562, 21.3822, 35.6326)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#158C9E #9E2715

analogous

#159E6B #158C9E #15489E

triadic

#158C9E #9E158C #8C9E15

tetradic

#158C9E #6B159E #9E2715 #489E15

square

#158C9E #6B159E #9E2715 #489E15

split-complementary

#158C9E #9E1548 #9E6B15

monochromatic

#072C32 #0E5C68 #158C9E #1CBCD4 #47D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#158C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#158C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #158C9E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##158C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##158C9E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #158c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.098 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeba',
    500: '#158c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #158c9e;
$custom-light: #70aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#158c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58865,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#158C9E

secondary

#C75847

accent

#4E35F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #158C9E

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

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