#159E6F#159E6F

#159E6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.130 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E6F
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 111)
HSL	hsl(159, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 29.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -45.53, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 47.97, 161.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1242 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.13 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4036, 25.7589, 19.1960)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E6F #9E1544

analogous

#159E2B #159E6F #15889E

triadic

#159E6F #6F159E #9E6F15

tetradic

#159E6F #2B159E #9E1544 #889E15

square

#159E6F #2B159E #9E1544 #889E15

split-complementary

#159E6F #9E1588 #9E2B15

monochromatic

#073223 #0E6849 #159E6F #1CD495 #47E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#159E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#159E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E6F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E6F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#9B926C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.130 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc98',
    500: '#159e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e6f;
$custom-light: #6fbc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.416,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62048,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E6F

secondary

#C74773

accent

#3576F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E6F

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

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