#158E9E#158E9E

#158E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#158E9E
RGB	rgb(21, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -24.77, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 30.19, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0859 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.098 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1511, 21.9720, 35.7309)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#158E9E #9E2515

analogous

#159E69 #158E9E #154A9E

triadic

#158E9E #9E158E #8E9E15

tetradic

#158E9E #69159E #9E2515 #4A9E15

square

#158E9E #69159E #9E2515 #4A9E15

split-complementary

#158E9E #9E154A #9E6915

monochromatic

#072D32 #0E5D68 #158E9E #1CBFD4 #47D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#158E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#158E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #158E9E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##158E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##158E9E	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #158e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afba',
    500: '#158e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #158e9e;
$custom-light: #70afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#158e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59376,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#158E9E

secondary

#C75647

accent

#4B35F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #158E9E

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

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