#159D9E#159D9E

#159D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159D9E
RGB	rgb(21, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -32.17, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 33.73, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.1005 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5349, 26.7396, 36.5255)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159D9E #9E1615

analogous

#159E5A #159D9E #15589E

triadic

#159D9E #9E159D #9D9E15

tetradic

#159D9E #5A159E #9E1615 #589E15

square

#159D9E #5A159E #9E1615 #589E15

split-complementary

#159D9E #9E1558 #9E5A15

monochromatic

#073232 #0E6768 #159D9E #1CD3D4 #47E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#159D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159D9E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159D9E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baba',
    500: '#159d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159d9e;
$custom-light: #72baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159D9E

secondary

#C74847

accent

#3635F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159D9E

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

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