#159E56#159E56

#159E56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.153 H 153.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E56
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(148, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(148, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 45.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -50.77, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 58.05, 150.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.1362 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.153 153)
XYZ	xyz(14.2145, 25.2832, 12.9333)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E56 #9E155D

analogous

#199E15 #159E56 #159E9A

triadic

#159E56 #56159E #9E5615

tetradic

#159E56 #15199E #9E155D #9E9A15

square

#159E56 #15199E #9E155D #9E9A15

split-complementary

#159E56 #9A159E #9E1519

monochromatic

#07321B #0E6839 #159E56 #1CD473 #47E793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#159E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#159E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E56

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E56	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F855B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.153 153.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc86',
    500: '#159e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e56;
$custom-light: #6fbc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.467,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 153
  },
  "luminance": 0.25285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E56

secondary

#C7478B

accent

#3599F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E56

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

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