#159AA0#159AA0

#159AA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159AA0
RGB	rgb(21, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.10, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 32.62, 202.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0967 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2071, 25.8063, 37.2724)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159AA0 #A01B15

analogous

#15A060 #159AA0 #1554A0

triadic

#159AA0 #A0159A #9AA015

tetradic

#159AA0 #6015A0 #A01B15 #54A015

square

#159AA0 #6015A0 #A01B15 #54A015

split-complementary

#159AA0 #A01554 #A06015

monochromatic

#073234 #0E666A #159AA0 #1CCED6 #48E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#159AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#159AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159AA0

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159AA0	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bc',
    500: '#159aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159aa0;
$custom-light: #72b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62524,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159AA0

secondary

#C84E49

accent

#3D34F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091112

muted

#7B8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #159AA0

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

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