#159E5C#159E5C

#159E5C is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.147 H 155.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E5C
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 92)
HSL	hsl(151, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 41.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -49.63, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 55.60, 153.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.1334 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.147 155)
XYZ	xyz(14.4664, 25.3840, 14.2603)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E5C #9E1557

analogous

#159E18 #159E5C #159B9E

triadic

#159E5C #5C159E #9E5C15

tetradic

#159E5C #18159E #9E1557 #9B9E15

square

#159E5C #18159E #9E1557 #9B9E15

split-complementary

#159E5C #9E159B #9E1815

monochromatic

#07321D #0E683D #159E5C #1CD47B #47E79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#159E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E5C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E5C	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.147 155.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8b',
    500: '#159e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e5c;
$custom-light: #6fbc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.095,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61632,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 155
  },
  "luminance": 0.25386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E5C

secondary

#C74785

accent

#3590F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E5C

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

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