#159E63#159E63

#159E63 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.141 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E63
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 99)
HSL	hsl(154, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 37.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -48.20, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 52.75, 156.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.1301 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.141 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7867, 25.5121, 15.9470)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E63 #9E1550

analogous

#159E1F #159E63 #15949E

triadic

#159E63 #63159E #9E6315

tetradic

#159E63 #1F159E #9E1550 #949E15

square

#159E63 #1F159E #9E1550 #949E15

split-complementary

#159E63 #9E1594 #9E1F15

monochromatic

#07321F #0E6841 #159E63 #1CD485 #47E7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#159E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#159E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E63

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E63	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)

#9D915F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.141 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc90',
    500: '#159e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e63;
$custom-light: #6fbc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.161,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61775,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E63

secondary

#C7477F

accent

#3587F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E63

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

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