#159E96#159E96

#159E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E96
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -35.08, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 35.50, 188.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.1052 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.106 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0385, 26.8128, 33.0729)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E96 #9E151D

analogous

#159E51 #159E96 #15629E

triadic

#159E96 #96159E #9E9615

tetradic

#159E96 #51159E #9E151D #629E15

square

#159E96 #51159E #9E151D #629E15

split-complementary

#159E96 #9E1562 #9E5115

monochromatic

#07322F #0E6863 #159E96 #1CD4C9 #47E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#159E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#159E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E96

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E96	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbb4',
    500: '#159e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e96;
$custom-light: #71bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63191,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E96

secondary

#C7474F

accent

#3540F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E96

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

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