#159E5F#159E5F

#159E5F is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.144 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E5F
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 95)
HSL	hsl(152, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 39.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -49.03, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 54.37, 154.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.132 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.144 156)
XYZ	xyz(14.6002, 25.4375, 14.9647)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E5F #9E1554

analogous

#159E1B #159E5F #15989E

triadic

#159E5F #5F159E #9E5F15

tetradic

#159E5F #1B159E #9E1554 #989E15

square

#159E5F #1B159E #9E1554 #989E15

split-complementary

#159E5F #9E1598 #9E1B15

monochromatic

#07321E #0E683F #159E5F #1CD47F #47E79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#159E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#159E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E5F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E5F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.144 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8d',
    500: '#159e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e5f;
$custom-light: #6fbc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.409,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61692,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.25439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E5F

secondary

#C74782

accent

#358CF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E5F

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

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