#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
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -43.35, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 44.57, 166.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.1197 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.123 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9243, 25.9672, 21.9385)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##159E78	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)

#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

Preview with #159E78

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

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