#159E9A#159E9A

#159E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E9A
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -33.88, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 34.71, 192.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.1033 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.105 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3661, 26.9439, 34.7983)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E9A #9E1519

analogous

#159E55 #159E9A #155E9E

triadic

#159E9A #9A159E #9E9A15

tetradic

#159E9A #55159E #9E1519 #5E9E15

square

#159E9A #55159E #9E1519 #5E9E15

split-complementary

#159E9A #9E155E #9E5515

monochromatic

#073231 #0E6865 #159E9A #1CD4CF #47E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#159E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#159E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E9A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E9A	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb7',
    500: '#159e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e9a;
$custom-light: #72bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E9A

secondary

#C7474B

accent

#353AF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E9A

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

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