#159E21#159E21

#159E21 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.193 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E21
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(125, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(125, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -57.45, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 77.11, 138.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.1555 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.193 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8098, 24.7213, 5.5351)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E21 #9E1592

analogous

#4E9E15 #159E21 #159E65

triadic

#159E21 #21159E #9E2115

tetradic

#159E21 #154E9E #9E1592 #9E6515

square

#159E21 #154E9E #9E1592 #9E6515

split-complementary

#159E21 #65159E #9E154E

monochromatic

#07320A #0E6816 #159E21 #1CD42C #47E755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#159E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#159E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E21

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E21	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.193 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bc66',
    500: '#159e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e21;
$custom-light: #71bc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.255,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.19347,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E21

secondary

#C747BC

accent

#35E2F3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EEF7EB

border

#C9D0C6

text

#091206

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E21

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

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