#159E55#159E55

#159E55 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.154 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#159E55
RGBrgb(21, 158, 85)
HSLhsl(148, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(148, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.7%, 0%, 46.2%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(57.33, -50.95, 28.66)
CIE-LCHlch(57.33, 58.46, 150.64°)
OKLaboklab(61.5% -0.1367 0.0705)
OKLCHoklch(61.5% 0.154 152.7)
XYZxyz(14.1745, 25.2672, 12.7226)
Luminance0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#159E55 #9E155E
analogous
#1A9E15 #159E55 #159E99
triadic
#159E55 #55159E #9E5515
tetradic
#159E55 #151A9E #9E155E #9E9915
square
#159E55 #151A9E #9E155E #9E9915
split-complementary
#159E55 #99159E #9E151A
monochromatic
#07321B #0E6838 #159E55 #1CD472 #47E791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47
#159E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05
#159E55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E55
6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##159E55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##159E551.003.476.056.05
#FFFFFF3.471.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0521.001.001.00
##0000006.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E904F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F855A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #159e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.154 152.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc86',
    500: '#159e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #159e55;
$custom-light: #6fbc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#159e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.029,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61502,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#159E55
secondary
#C7478C
accent
#359AF3
background
#F7FBF8
surface
#EDF6EF
border
#C8D0CA
text
#09120B
muted
#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E55

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#159E55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva