#159E93#159E93

#159E93 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.107 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E93
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 147)
HSL	hsl(175, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -35.97, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 36.18, 186.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.1066 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.107 186)
XYZ	xyz(17.8000, 26.7174, 31.8169)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E93 #9E1520

analogous

#159E4E #159E93 #15659E

triadic

#159E93 #93159E #9E9315

tetradic

#159E93 #4E159E #9E1520 #659E15

square

#159E93 #4E159E #9E1520 #659E15

split-complementary

#159E93 #9E1565 #9E4E15

monochromatic

#07322E #0E6861 #159E93 #1CD4C5 #47E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#159E93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E93

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E93	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.107 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbb2',
    500: '#159e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e93;
$custom-light: #71bbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.182,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63089,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E93

secondary

#C74752

accent

#3544F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E93

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

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