#159E5B#159E5B

#159E5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.148 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E5B
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 91)
HSL	hsl(151, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 42.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -49.82, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 56.01, 152.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.1339 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.148 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4230, 25.3666, 14.0316)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E5B #9E1558

analogous

#159E17 #159E5B #159C9E

triadic

#159E5B #5B159E #9E5B15

tetradic

#159E5B #17159E #9E1558 #9C9E15

square

#159E5B #17159E #9E1558 #9C9E15

split-complementary

#159E5B #9E159C #9E1715

monochromatic

#07321D #0E683C #159E5B #1CD47A #47E798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#159E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E5B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E5B	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)

#9E9056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.148 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8a',
    500: '#159e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e5b;
$custom-light: #6fbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.657,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61613,
    "c": 0.1482,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E5B

secondary

#C74786

accent

#3592F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E5B

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

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