#159E77#159E77

#159E77 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E77
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(163, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -43.60, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 44.94, 165.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1202 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.123 167)
XYZ	xyz(15.8640, 25.9430, 21.6206)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E77 #9E153C

analogous

#159E33 #159E77 #15809E

triadic

#159E77 #77159E #9E7715

tetradic

#159E77 #33159E #9E153C #809E15

square

#159E77 #33159E #9E153C #809E15

split-complementary

#159E77 #9E1580 #9E3315

monochromatic

#073226 #0E684E #159E77 #1CD4A0 #47E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#159E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#159E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E77

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E77	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9e',
    500: '#159e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e77;
$custom-light: #6fbb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.92,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.25945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E77

secondary

#C7476C

accent

#356BF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E77

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

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