#159D6B#159D6B

#159D6B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.132 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159D6B
RGB	rgb(21, 157, 107)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(158, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 31.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -46.06, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 49.02, 159.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.1252 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.132 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0184, 25.3330, 18.0053)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159D6B #9D1547

analogous

#159D27 #159D6B #158B9D

triadic

#159D6B #6B159D #9D6B15

tetradic

#159D6B #27159D #9D1547 #8B9D15

square

#159D6B #27159D #9D1547 #8B9D15

split-complementary

#159D6B #9D158B #9D2715

monochromatic

#073121 #0E6746 #159D6B #1CD390 #46E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159D6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#159D6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159D6B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159D6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159D6B	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B856E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159d6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 157, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.132 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb95',
    500: '#159d6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159d6b;
$custom-light: #6fbb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159d6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159D6B

secondary

#C74776

accent

#357BF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159D6B

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

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