#159E6A#159E6A

#159E6A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.134 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E6A
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 106)
HSL	hsl(157, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 32.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -46.68, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 49.94, 159.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.1267 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.134 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1360, 25.6518, 17.7864)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E6A #9E1549

analogous

#159E25 #159E6A #158E9E

triadic

#159E6A #6A159E #9E6A15

tetradic

#159E6A #25159E #9E1549 #8E9E15

square

#159E6A #25159E #9E1549 #8E9E15

split-complementary

#159E6A #9E158E #9E2515

monochromatic

#073222 #0E6846 #159E6A #1CD48E #47E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#159E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#159E6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E6A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E6A	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)

#9C9167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C866D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.134 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#159e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e6a;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.226,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6193,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E6A

secondary

#C74778

accent

#357DF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E6A

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

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