#159E76#159E76

#159E76 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E76
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 118)
HSL	hsl(162, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 25.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -43.85, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 45.31, 165.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1207 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.124 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8042, 25.9191, 21.3060)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E76 #9E153D

analogous

#159E32 #159E76 #15819E

triadic

#159E76 #76159E #9E7615

tetradic

#159E76 #32159E #9E153D #819E15

square

#159E76 #32159E #9E153D #819E15

split-complementary

#159E76 #9E1581 #9E3215

monochromatic

#073225 #0E684E #159E76 #1CD49E #47E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#159E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#159E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E76

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E76	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9d',
    500: '#159e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e76;
$custom-light: #6fbb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.482,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E76

secondary

#C7476D

accent

#356CF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E76

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

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