#159E57#159E57

#159E57 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.152 H 153.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E57
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 87)
HSL	hsl(149, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(149, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 44.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -50.58, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 57.64, 151.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.1358 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.152 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2550, 25.2995, 13.1470)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E57 #9E155C

analogous

#189E15 #159E57 #159E9B

triadic

#159E57 #57159E #9E5715

tetradic

#159E57 #15189E #9E155C #9E9B15

square

#159E57 #15189E #9E155C #9E9B15

split-complementary

#159E57 #9B159E #9E1518

monochromatic

#07321C #0E6839 #159E57 #1CD475 #47E794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#159E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#159E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E57

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E57	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)

#9E9052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.152 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc87',
    500: '#159e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e57;
$custom-light: #6fbc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.905,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61538,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E57

secondary

#C7478A

accent

#3597F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E57

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

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