#159CA0#159CA0

#159CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159CA0
RGB	rgb(21, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -31.07, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 33.17, 200.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0986 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5399, 26.4720, 37.3833)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159CA0 #A01915

analogous

#15A05F #159CA0 #1556A0

triadic

#159CA0 #A0159C #9CA015

tetradic

#159CA0 #5F15A0 #A01915 #56A015

square

#159CA0 #5F15A0 #A01915 #56A015

split-complementary

#159CA0 #A01556 #A05F15

monochromatic

#073334 #0E676A #159CA0 #1CD1D6 #48E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#159CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#159CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159CA0

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159CA0	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9094A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bc',
    500: '#159ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159ca0;
$custom-light: #72b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.727,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63036,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159CA0

secondary

#C84C49

accent

#3A34F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #159CA0

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

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