#159E9B#159E9B

#159E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159E9B
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -33.57, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 34.53, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.1028 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.105 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4497, 26.9773, 35.2387)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159E9B #9E1518

analogous

#159E56 #159E9B #155D9E

triadic

#159E9B #9B159E #9E9B15

tetradic

#159E9B #56159E #9E1518 #5D9E15

square

#159E9B #56159E #9E1518 #5D9E15

split-complementary

#159E9B #9E155D #9E5615

monochromatic

#073231 #0E6866 #159E9B #1CD4D0 #47E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#159E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#159E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159E9B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159E9B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb8',
    500: '#159e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159e9b;
$custom-light: #72bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159E9B

secondary

#C7474A

accent

#3539F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #159E9B

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

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