#159E99#159E99

#159E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E99
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -34.18, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 34.90, 191.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1038 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.106 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2831, 26.9107, 34.3615)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E99 #9E151A

analogous

#159E54 #159E99 #155F9E

triadic

#159E99 #99159E #9E9915

tetradic

#159E99 #54159E #9E151A #5F9E15

square

#159E99 #54159E #9E151A #5F9E15

split-complementary

#159E99 #9E155F #9E5415

monochromatic

#073230 #0E6865 #159E99 #1CD4CD #47E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#159E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#159E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E99

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E99	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb7',
    500: '#159e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e99;
$custom-light: #72bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63295,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E99

secondary

#C7474C

accent

#353CF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E99

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

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