#159E79#159E79

#159E79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E79
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -43.10, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 44.20, 167.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1192 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.122 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9853, 25.9916, 22.2598)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E79 #9E153A

analogous

#159E35 #159E79 #157E9E

triadic

#159E79 #79159E #9E7915

tetradic

#159E79 #35159E #9E153A #7E9E15

square

#159E79 #35159E #9E153A #7E9E15

split-complementary

#159E79 #9E157E #9E3515

monochromatic

#073226 #0E6850 #159E79 #1CD4A2 #47E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#159E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#159E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E79

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E79	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9f',
    500: '#159e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e79;
$custom-light: #6fbb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.796,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62303,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E79

secondary

#C7476A

accent

#3568F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E79

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

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