#159E78#159E78

#159E78 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#159E78
RGBrgb(21, 158, 120)
HSLhsl(163, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(163, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.7%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(58.01, -43.35, 10.35)
CIE-LCHlch(58.01, 44.57, 166.58°)
OKLaboklab(62.28% -0.1197 0.0264)
OKLCHoklch(62.28% 0.123 167.6)
XYZxyz(15.9243, 25.9672, 21.9385)
Luminance0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#159E78 #9E153B
analogous
#159E34 #159E78 #157F9E
triadic
#159E78 #78159E #9E7815
tetradic
#159E78 #34159E #9E153B #7F9E15
square
#159E78 #34159E #9E153B #7F9E15
split-complementary
#159E78 #9E157F #9E3415
monochromatic
#073226 #0E684F #159E78 #1CD4A1 #47E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#159E78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19
#159E78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E78
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##159E78#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##159E781.003.396.196.19
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1921.001.001.00
##0000006.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A9276
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A877B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009F93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #159e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 167.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9f',
    500: '#159e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #159e78;
$custom-light: #6fbb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#159e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.358,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#159E78
secondary
#C7476B
accent
#356AF3
background
#F7FBF9
surface
#EDF6F2
border
#C8D0CC
text
#09120E
muted
#7B817E

Preview Lab

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#159E78 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva