#159E53#159E53

#159E53 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.156 H 152.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E53
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(147, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(147, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 47.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -51.31, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 59.27, 149.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.1376 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.156 152.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0961, 25.2359, 12.3100)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E53 #9E1560

analogous

#1C9E15 #159E53 #159E97

triadic

#159E53 #53159E #9E5315

tetradic

#159E53 #151C9E #9E1560 #9E9715

square

#159E53 #151C9E #9E1560 #9E9715

split-complementary

#159E53 #97159E #9E151C

monochromatic

#07321A #0E6837 #159E53 #1CD46F #47E78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#159E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#159E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E53

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E53	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.156 152.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc84',
    500: '#159e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e53;
$custom-light: #6fbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.153,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 152.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E53

secondary

#C7478D

accent

#359DF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E53

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

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