#159E62#159E62

#159E62 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.142 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E62
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(154, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 38%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -48.41, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 53.15, 155.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.1306 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.142 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7392, 25.4931, 15.6967)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E62 #9E1551

analogous

#159E1E #159E62 #15959E

triadic

#159E62 #62159E #9E6215

tetradic

#159E62 #1E159E #9E1551 #959E15

square

#159E62 #1E159E #9E1551 #959E15

split-complementary

#159E62 #9E1595 #9E1E15

monochromatic

#07321F #0E6840 #159E62 #1CD484 #47E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#159E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#159E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E62

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E62	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#9D915E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.142 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8f',
    500: '#159e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e62;
$custom-light: #6fbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.723,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61754,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E62

secondary

#C7477F

accent

#3588F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E62

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

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