#159E97#159E97

#159E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E97
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -34.78, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 35.29, 189.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1047 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.106 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1193, 26.8452, 33.4988)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E97 #9E151C

analogous

#159E52 #159E97 #15619E

triadic

#159E97 #97159E #9E9715

tetradic

#159E97 #52159E #9E151C #619E15

square

#159E97 #52159E #9E151C #619E15

split-complementary

#159E97 #9E1561 #9E5215

monochromatic

#073230 #0E6863 #159E97 #1CD4CB #47E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#159E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#159E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E97

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E97	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbb5',
    500: '#159e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e97;
$custom-light: #71bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63226,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E97

secondary

#C7474E

accent

#353EF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E97

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

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