#159E51#159E51

#159E51 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.158 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E51
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(146, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(146, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 48.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -51.66, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 60.09, 149.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.1385 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.158 151.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0200, 25.2054, 11.9092)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E51 #9E1562

analogous

#1E9E15 #159E51 #159E95

triadic

#159E51 #51159E #9E5115

tetradic

#159E51 #151E9E #9E1562 #9E9515

square

#159E51 #151E9E #9E1562 #9E9515

split-complementary

#159E51 #95159E #9E151E

monochromatic

#07321A #0E6835 #159E51 #1CD46D #47E78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#159E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#159E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E51

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E51	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.158 151.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc83',
    500: '#159e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e51;
$custom-light: #6fbc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.277,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61433,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E51

secondary

#C7478F

accent

#35A0F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E51

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

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