#159E7B#159E7B

#159E7B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E7B
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 123)
HSL	hsl(165, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 22.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -42.59, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 43.48, 168.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.1182 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.12 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1093, 26.0411, 22.9125)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E7B #9E1538

analogous

#159E37 #159E7B #157C9E

triadic

#159E7B #7B159E #9E7B15

tetradic

#159E7B #37159E #9E1538 #7C9E15

square

#159E7B #37159E #9E1538 #7C9E15

split-complementary

#159E7B #9E157C #9E3715

monochromatic

#073227 #0E6851 #159E7B #1CD4A5 #47E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#159E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#159E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E7B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E7B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbba1',
    500: '#159e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e7b;
$custom-light: #6fbba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.672,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62358,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E7B

secondary

#C74768

accent

#3565F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E7B

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

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