#159CB4#159CB4

#159CB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159CB4
RGB	rgb(21, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -24.55, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 32.90, 221.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.09 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.109 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4323, 27.2290, 47.3500)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159CB4 #B42D15

analogous

#15B47D #159CB4 #154CB4

triadic

#159CB4 #B4159C #9CB415

tetradic

#159CB4 #7D15B4 #B42D15 #4CB415

square

#159CB4 #7D15B4 #B42D15 #4CB415

split-complementary

#159CB4 #B4154C #B47D15

monochromatic

#083D46 #0F6D7D #159CB4 #21C8E5 #58D5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#159CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#159CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159CB4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159CB4	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ca',
    500: '#159cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159cb4;
$custom-light: #75b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63839,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159CB4

secondary

#CF6856

accent

#5032F6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #159CB4

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

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