#159E6E#159E6E

#159E6E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.131 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E6E
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 110)
HSL	hsl(159, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -45.77, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 48.36, 161.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.1247 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.131 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3488, 25.7370, 18.9076)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E6E #9E1545

analogous

#159E29 #159E6E #15899E

triadic

#159E6E #6E159E #9E6E15

tetradic

#159E6E #29159E #9E1545 #899E15

square

#159E6E #29159E #9E1545 #899E15

split-complementary

#159E6E #9E1589 #9E2915

monochromatic

#073223 #0E6848 #159E6E #1CD494 #47E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#159E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#159E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E6E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E6E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B916B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.131 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc97',
    500: '#159e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e6e;
$custom-light: #6fbc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.978,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62024,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E6E

secondary

#C74774

accent

#3577F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E6E

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

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