#158E8F#158E8F

#158E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#158E8F
RGB	rgb(21, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -29.65, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 31.10, 197.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0926 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.096 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9379, 21.4867, 29.3413)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#158E8F #8F1615

analogous

#158F53 #158E8F #15518F

triadic

#158E8F #8F158E #8E8F15

tetradic

#158E8F #53158F #8F1615 #518F15

square

#158E8F #53158F #8F1615 #518F15

split-complementary

#158E8F #8F1551 #8F5315

monochromatic

#052424 #0D595A #158E8F #1DC3C4 #3CE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#158E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#158E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #158E8F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##158E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##158E8F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #158e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#158e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #158e8f;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#158e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58783,
    "c": 0.09625,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#158E8F

secondary

#C23F3E

accent

#3837F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #158E8F

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

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