#159E61#159E61

#159E61 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.143 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E61
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(153, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 38.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -48.62, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 53.56, 155.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.131 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.143 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6923, 25.4743, 15.4496)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E61 #9E1552

analogous

#159E1D #159E61 #15969E

triadic

#159E61 #61159E #9E6115

tetradic

#159E61 #1D159E #9E1552 #969E15

square

#159E61 #1D159E #9E1552 #969E15

split-complementary

#159E61 #9E1596 #9E1D15

monochromatic

#07321F #0E6840 #159E61 #1CD482 #47E79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#159E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#159E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E61

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E61	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.143 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8e',
    500: '#159e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e61;
$custom-light: #6fbc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.285,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61733,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E61

secondary

#C74780

accent

#3589F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E61

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

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