#159E65#159E65

#159E65 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.139 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E65
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(155, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(155, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 36.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -47.78, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 51.94, 156.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.1291 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.139 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8835, 25.5508, 16.4568)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E65 #9E154E

analogous

#159E20 #159E65 #15939E

triadic

#159E65 #65159E #9E6515

tetradic

#159E65 #20159E #9E154E #939E15

square

#159E65 #20159E #9E154E #939E15

split-complementary

#159E65 #9E1593 #9E2015

monochromatic

#073220 #0E6842 #159E65 #1CD488 #47E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#159E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#159E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E65

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E65	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.139 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc91',
    500: '#159e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e65;
$custom-light: #6fbc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.036,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61818,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E65

secondary

#C7477D

accent

#3584F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E65

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

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