#159D6D#159D6D

#159D6D is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.130 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159D6D
RGB	rgb(21, 157, 109)
HSL	hsl(159, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 30.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -45.60, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 48.23, 160.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.1242 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.13 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1248, 25.3756, 18.5659)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159D6D #9D1545

analogous

#159D29 #159D6D #15899D

triadic

#159D6D #6D159D #9D6D15

tetradic

#159D6D #29159D #9D1545 #899D15

square

#159D6D #29159D #9D1545 #899D15

split-complementary

#159D6D #9D1589 #9D2915

monochromatic

#073122 #0E6748 #159D6D #1CD392 #46E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#159D6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159D6D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159D6D	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A916A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 157, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.130 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb97',
    500: '#159d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159d6d;
$custom-light: #6fbb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61731,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159D6D

secondary

#C74774

accent

#3578F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159D6D

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

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