#159C9E#159C9E

#159C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159C9E
RGB	rgb(21, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -31.70, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 33.42, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0995 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3664, 26.4026, 36.4693)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159C9E #9E1715

analogous

#159E5C #159C9E #15579E

triadic

#159C9E #9E159C #9C9E15

tetradic

#159C9E #5C159E #9E1715 #579E15

square

#159C9E #5C159E #9E1715 #579E15

split-complementary

#159C9E #9E1557 #9E5C15

monochromatic

#073132 #0E6768 #159C9E #1CD1D4 #47E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#159C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#159C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159C9E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159C9E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baba',
    500: '#159c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159c9e;
$custom-light: #72baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62961,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159C9E

secondary

#C74947

accent

#3735F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #159C9E

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

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