#159AB4#159AB4

#159AB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.109 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159AB4
RGB	rgb(21, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -23.53, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 32.79, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0881 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.109 216)
XYZ	xyz(20.0995, 26.5633, 47.2390)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159AB4 #B42F15

analogous

#15B47E #159AB4 #154BB4

triadic

#159AB4 #B4159A #9AB415

tetradic

#159AB4 #7E15B4 #B42F15 #4BB415

square

#159AB4 #7E15B4 #B42F15 #4BB415

split-complementary

#159AB4 #B4154B #B47E15

monochromatic

#083C46 #0F6B7D #159AB4 #21C5E5 #58D3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#159AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#159AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159AB4

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159AB4	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.109 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ca',
    500: '#159ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159ab4;
$custom-light: #75b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.811,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6334,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.26566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159AB4

secondary

#CF6A56

accent

#5232F6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #159AB4

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

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