#159E7A#159E7A

#159E7A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E7A
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 122)
HSL	hsl(164, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -42.84, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 43.84, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.1187 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.121 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0470, 26.0162, 22.5845)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E7A #9E1539

analogous

#159E36 #159E7A #157D9E

triadic

#159E7A #7A159E #9E7A15

tetradic

#159E7A #36159E #9E1539 #7D9E15

square

#159E7A #36159E #9E1539 #7D9E15

split-complementary

#159E7A #9E157D #9E3615

monochromatic

#073227 #0E6850 #159E7A #1CD4A4 #47E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#159E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#159E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E7A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E7A	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)

#9A9278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbba0',
    500: '#159e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e7a;
$custom-light: #6fbba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.234,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E7A

secondary

#C74769

accent

#3567F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E7A

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

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