#159E74#159E74

#159E74 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.126 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E74
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 116)
HSL	hsl(162, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 26.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -44.34, 12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 46.06, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.1217 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.126 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6866, 25.8721, 20.6867)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E74 #9E153F

analogous

#159E30 #159E74 #15839E

triadic

#159E74 #74159E #9E7415

tetradic

#159E74 #30159E #9E153F #839E15

square

#159E74 #30159E #9E153F #839E15

split-complementary

#159E74 #9E1583 #9E3015

monochromatic

#073225 #0E684C #159E74 #1CD49C #47E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#159E74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#159E74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E74

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E74	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#9A9272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.126 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9c',
    500: '#159e74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e74;
$custom-light: #6fbb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.606,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62172,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E74

secondary

#C7476F

accent

#356FF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E74

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

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