#159E66#159E66

#159E66 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.138 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E66
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 102)
HSL	hsl(155, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(155, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 35.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -47.56, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 51.54, 157.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.1286 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.138 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9328, 25.5705, 16.7164)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E66 #9E154D

analogous

#159E21 #159E66 #15929E

triadic

#159E66 #66159E #9E6615

tetradic

#159E66 #21159E #9E154D #929E15

square

#159E66 #21159E #9E154D #929E15

split-complementary

#159E66 #9E1592 #9E2115

monochromatic

#073220 #0E6843 #159E66 #1CD489 #47E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#159E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#159E66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E66

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E66	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#9C9162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.138 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc92',
    500: '#159e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e66;
$custom-light: #6fbc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.474,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6184,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E66

secondary

#C7477C

accent

#3583F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E66

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

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