#159A9E#159A9E

#159A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159A9E
RGB	rgb(21, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -30.74, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 32.83, 200.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0976 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0335, 25.7369, 36.3584)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159A9E #9E1915

analogous

#159E5E #159A9E #15559E

triadic

#159A9E #9E159A #9A9E15

tetradic

#159A9E #5E159E #9E1915 #559E15

square

#159A9E #5E159E #9E1915 #559E15

split-complementary

#159A9E #9E1555 #9E5E15

monochromatic

#073132 #0E6568 #159A9E #1CCFD4 #47E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#159A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#159A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159A9E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159A9E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8ba',
    500: '#159a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159a9e;
$custom-light: #72b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62449,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159A9E

secondary

#C74B47

accent

#3A35F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #159A9E

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

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