#159B9E#159B9E

#159B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159B9E
RGB	rgb(21, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -31.22, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 33.12, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0985 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.103 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1993, 26.0684, 36.4136)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159B9E #9E1815

analogous

#159E5D #159B9E #15569E

triadic

#159B9E #9E159B #9B9E15

tetradic

#159B9E #5D159E #9E1815 #569E15

square

#159B9E #5D159E #9E1815 #569E15

split-complementary

#159B9E #9E1556 #9E5D15

monochromatic

#073132 #0E6668 #159B9E #1CD0D4 #47E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#159B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#159B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159B9E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159B9E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#159b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159b9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62705,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159B9E

secondary

#C74A47

accent

#3935F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #159B9E

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

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