#159E98#159E98

#159E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E98
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -34.48, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 35.09, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1042 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.106 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2009, 26.8778, 33.9283)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E98 #9E151B

analogous

#159E53 #159E98 #15609E

triadic

#159E98 #98159E #9E9815

tetradic

#159E98 #53159E #9E151B #609E15

square

#159E98 #53159E #9E151B #609E15

split-complementary

#159E98 #9E1560 #9E5315

monochromatic

#073230 #0E6864 #159E98 #1CD4CC #47E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#159E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#159E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E98

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E98	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb6',
    500: '#159e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e98;
$custom-light: #72bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6326,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E98

secondary

#C7474D

accent

#353DF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E98

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

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