#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
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(148, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(148, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 46.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -50.95, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 58.46, 150.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.1367 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.154 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1745, 25.2672, 12.7226)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##159E55	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)

#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

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

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