#159E5E#159E5E

#159E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.145 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E5E
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(152, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 40.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -49.23, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 54.78, 153.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.1325 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.145 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5550, 25.4194, 14.7268)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E5E #9E1555

analogous

#159E1A #159E5E #15999E

triadic

#159E5E #5E159E #9E5E15

tetradic

#159E5E #1A159E #9E1555 #999E15

square

#159E5E #1A159E #9E1555 #999E15

split-complementary

#159E5E #9E1599 #9E1A15

monochromatic

#07321E #0E683E #159E5E #1CD47E #47E79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#159E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#159E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E5E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E5E	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#9D905A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.145 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8c',
    500: '#159e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e5e;
$custom-light: #6fbc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.971,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61672,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E5E

secondary

#C74783

accent

#358EF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E5E

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

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