#159E72#159E72

#159E72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E72
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(161, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -44.82, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 46.82, 163.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.1227 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.127 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5716, 25.8261, 20.0806)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E72 #9E1541

analogous

#159E2E #159E72 #15859E

triadic

#159E72 #72159E #9E7215

tetradic

#159E72 #2E159E #9E1541 #859E15

square

#159E72 #2E159E #9E1541 #859E15

split-complementary

#159E72 #9E1585 #9E2E15

monochromatic

#073224 #0E684B #159E72 #1CD499 #47E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#159E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#159E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E72

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E72	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9a',
    500: '#159e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e72;
$custom-light: #6fbc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.73,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62122,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E72

secondary

#C74770

accent

#3572F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E72

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

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