#159E5A#159E5A

#159E5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.149 H 154.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E5A
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 90)
HSL	hsl(150, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 43%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -50.01, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 56.41, 152.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.1344 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.149 154.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3802, 25.3495, 13.8059)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E5A #9E1559

analogous

#159E16 #159E5A #159D9E

triadic

#159E5A #5A159E #9E5A15

tetradic

#159E5A #16159E #9E1559 #9D9E15

square

#159E5A #16159E #9E1559 #9D9E15

split-complementary

#159E5A #9E159D #9E1615

monochromatic

#07321C #0E683B #159E5A #1CD479 #47E797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#159E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E5A

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E5A	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.149 154.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc89',
    500: '#159e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e5a;
$custom-light: #6fbc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.219,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 154.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E5A

secondary

#C74787

accent

#3593F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E5A

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

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