#159E68#159E68

#159E68 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.136 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E68
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 104)
HSL	hsl(156, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(156, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 34.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -47.12, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 50.74, 158.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.1277 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.136 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0332, 25.6107, 17.2451)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E68 #9E154B

analogous

#159E23 #159E68 #15909E

triadic

#159E68 #68159E #9E6815

tetradic

#159E68 #23159E #9E154B #909E15

square

#159E68 #23159E #9E154B #909E15

split-complementary

#159E68 #9E1590 #9E2315

monochromatic

#073221 #0E6844 #159E68 #1CD48C #47E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#159E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#159E68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E68

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E68	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.136 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc93',
    500: '#159e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e68;
$custom-light: #6fbc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.35,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61884,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E68

secondary

#C7477A

accent

#3580F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E68

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

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