#159E6B#159E6B

#159E6B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.133 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E6B
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 107)
HSL	hsl(158, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(158, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 32.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -46.45, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 49.54, 159.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.1262 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.133 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1883, 25.6727, 18.0619)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E6B #9E1548

analogous

#159E26 #159E6B #158D9E

triadic

#159E6B #6B159E #9E6B15

tetradic

#159E6B #26159E #9E1548 #8D9E15

square

#159E6B #26159E #9E1548 #8D9E15

split-complementary

#159E6B #9E158D #9E2615

monochromatic

#073222 #0E6846 #159E6B #1CD490 #47E7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#159E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#159E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E6B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E6B	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#9C9168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C866E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.133 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc95',
    500: '#159e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e6b;
$custom-light: #6fbc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.664,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61953,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E6B

secondary

#C74777

accent

#357CF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E6B

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

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