#159E70#159E70

#159E70 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.129 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E70
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 112)
HSL	hsl(160, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 29.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -45.30, 14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 47.59, 162.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.1237 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.129 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4590, 25.7810, 19.4876)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E70 #9E1543

analogous

#159E2C #159E70 #15879E

triadic

#159E70 #70159E #9E7015

tetradic

#159E70 #2C159E #9E1543 #879E15

square

#159E70 #2C159E #9E1543 #879E15

split-complementary

#159E70 #9E1587 #9E2C15

monochromatic

#073223 #0E684A #159E70 #1CD496 #47E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#159E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#159E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E70

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E70	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B926D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.129 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc99',
    500: '#159e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e70;
$custom-light: #6fbc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.854,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62072,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E70

secondary

#C74772

accent

#3575F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E70

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

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