#159E60#159E60

#159E60 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.144 H 156.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E60
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 96)
HSL	hsl(153, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 39.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -48.82, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 53.97, 154.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.1315 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.144 156.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6459, 25.4558, 15.2056)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E60 #9E1553

analogous

#159E1C #159E60 #15979E

triadic

#159E60 #60159E #9E6015

tetradic

#159E60 #1C159E #9E1553 #979E15

square

#159E60 #1C159E #9E1553 #979E15

split-complementary

#159E60 #9E1597 #9E1C15

monochromatic

#07321E #0E683F #159E60 #1CD481 #47E79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#159E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#159E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E60

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E60	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)

#9D915C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.144 156.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8d',
    500: '#159e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e60;
$custom-light: #6fbc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.847,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61712,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 156.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E60

secondary

#C74781

accent

#358BF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E60

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

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