#159E69#159E69

#159E69 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.135 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E69
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(157, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 33.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -46.90, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 50.34, 158.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.1272 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.135 160)
XYZ	xyz(15.0843, 25.6311, 17.5142)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E69 #9E154A

analogous

#159E24 #159E69 #158F9E

triadic

#159E69 #69159E #9E6915

tetradic

#159E69 #24159E #9E154A #8F9E15

square

#159E69 #24159E #9E154A #8F9E15

split-complementary

#159E69 #9E158F #9E2415

monochromatic

#073221 #0E6845 #159E69 #1CD48D #47E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#159E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#159E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E69

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E69	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.135 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc94',
    500: '#159e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e69;
$custom-light: #6fbc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.788,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61907,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.25633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E69

secondary

#C74779

accent

#357EF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E69

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

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