#159E16#159E16

#159E16 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.198 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E16
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(120, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(120, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, -58.10, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 79.68, 136.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.1577 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.198 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6801, 24.6695, 4.8523)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E16 #9E159D

analogous

#589E15 #159E16 #159E5A

triadic

#159E16 #16159E #9E1615

tetradic

#159E16 #15589E #9E159D #9E5A15

square

#159E16 #15589E #9E159D #9E5A15

split-complementary

#159E16 #5A159E #9E1558

monochromatic

#073207 #0E680E #159E16 #1CD41E #47E748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#159E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#159E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E16

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E16	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.198 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bc62',
    500: '#159e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e16;
$custom-light: #71bc62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.438,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.19819,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E16

secondary

#C747C7

accent

#35F2F3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EEF7EB

border

#C9D0C6

text

#091206

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E16

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

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