#159E6D#159E6D

#159E6D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.132 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E6D
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 109)
HSL	hsl(159, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 31%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -46.00, 16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 48.75, 160.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.1252 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.132 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2947, 25.7153, 18.6225)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E6D #9E1546

analogous

#159E28 #159E6D #158A9E

triadic

#159E6D #6D159E #9E6D15

tetradic

#159E6D #28159E #9E1546 #8A9E15

square

#159E6D #28159E #9E1546 #8A9E15

split-complementary

#159E6D #9E158A #9E2815

monochromatic

#073222 #0E6848 #159E6D #1CD492 #47E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#159E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#159E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E6D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E6D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B916A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.132 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc97',
    500: '#159e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e6d;
$custom-light: #6fbc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.54,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E6D

secondary

#C74775

accent

#3579F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E6D

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

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