#159E4E#159E4E

#159E4E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.160 H 150.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#159E4E
RGBrgb(21, 158, 78)
HSLhsl(145, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(145, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.7%, 0%, 50.6%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(57.23, -52.17, 32.19)
CIE-LCHlch(57.23, 61.30, 148.32°)
OKLaboklab(61.38% -0.1399 0.0782)
OKLCHoklch(61.38% 0.16 150.8)
XYZxyz(13.9100, 25.1614, 11.3298)
Luminance0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#159E4E #9E1565
analogous
#209E15 #159E4E #159E93
triadic
#159E4E #4E159E #9E4E15
tetradic
#159E4E #15209E #9E1565 #9E9315
square
#159E4E #15209E #9E1565 #9E9315
split-complementary
#159E4E #93159E #9E1520
monochromatic
#073219 #0E6833 #159E4E #1CD469 #47E789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#159E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#159E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E4E
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##159E4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##159E4E1.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F9047
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#908554
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #159e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.160 150.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc81',
    500: '#159e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #159e4e;
$custom-light: #6fbc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#159e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.964,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61384,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 150.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#159E4E
secondary
#C74792
accent
#35A4F3
background
#F7FBF7
surface
#EDF6EE
border
#C8D0C9
text
#09120A
muted
#7B817C

Preview Lab

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#159E4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva