#159E4F#159E4F

#159E4F is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.159 H 151.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#159E4F
RGBrgb(21, 158, 79)
HSLhsl(145, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(145, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.7%, 0%, 50%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(57.25, -52.00, 31.69)
CIE-LCHlch(57.25, 60.90, 148.64°)
OKLaboklab(61.4% -0.1394 0.0771)
OKLCHoklch(61.4% 0.159 151)
XYZxyz(13.9461, 25.1759, 11.5200)
Luminance0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#159E4F #9E1564
analogous
#209E15 #159E4F #159E93
triadic
#159E4F #4F159E #9E4F15
tetradic
#159E4F #15209E #9E1564 #9E9315
square
#159E4F #15209E #9E1564 #9E9315
split-complementary
#159E4F #93159E #9E1520
monochromatic
#073219 #0E6834 #159E4F #1CD46A #47E78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#159E4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04
#159E4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E4F
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##159E4F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##159E4F1.003.486.046.04
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0421.001.001.00
##0000006.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F9049
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#908555
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #159e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.159 151.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc82',
    500: '#159e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #159e4f;
$custom-light: #6fbc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#159e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.401,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.614,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 151
  },
  "luminance": 0.25178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#159E4F
secondary
#C74791
accent
#35A2F3
background
#F7FBF8
surface
#EDF6EF
border
#C8D0CA
text
#09120A
muted
#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E4F

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#159E4F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva