#159E94#159E94

#159E94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.107 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E94
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 148)
HSL	hsl(176, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -35.67, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 35.95, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.1061 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.107 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8788, 26.7489, 32.2320)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E94 #9E151F

analogous

#159E4F #159E94 #15649E

triadic

#159E94 #94159E #9E9415

tetradic

#159E94 #4F159E #9E151F #649E15

square

#159E94 #4F159E #9E151F #649E15

split-complementary

#159E94 #9E1564 #9E4F15

monochromatic

#07322F #0E6861 #159E94 #1CD4C7 #47E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#159E94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E94

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E94	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.107 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbb3',
    500: '#159e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e94;
$custom-light: #71bbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.62,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63123,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E94

secondary

#C74751

accent

#3543F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E94

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

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