#159E2A#159E2A

#159E2A is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.188 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E2A
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(129, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(129, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -56.74, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 74.52, 139.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.1532 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.188 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9531, 24.7787, 6.2901)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E2A #9E1589

analogous

#459E15 #159E2A #159E6E

triadic

#159E2A #2A159E #9E2A15

tetradic

#159E2A #15459E #9E1589 #9E6E15

square

#159E2A #15459E #9E1589 #9E6E15

split-complementary

#159E2A #6E159E #9E1545

monochromatic

#07320D #0E681C #159E2A #1CD438 #47E75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#159E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#159E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E2A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E2A	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.188 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc6b',
    500: '#159e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e2a;
$custom-light: #70bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.197,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60953,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E2A

secondary

#C747B4

accent

#35D6F3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF7EC

border

#C8D0C7

text

#091207

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E2A

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

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