#159EA0#159EA0

#159EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159EA0
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -32.03, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 33.76, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.1005 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.105 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8783, 27.1488, 37.4961)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159EA0 #A01715

analogous

#15A05C #159EA0 #1559A0

triadic

#159EA0 #A0159E #9EA015

tetradic

#159EA0 #5C15A0 #A01715 #59A015

square

#159EA0 #5C15A0 #A01715 #59A015

split-complementary

#159EA0 #A01559 #A05C15

monochromatic

#073334 #0E696A #159EA0 #1CD3D6 #48E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#159EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#159EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159EA0

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159EA0	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbbc',
    500: '#159ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159ea0;
$custom-light: #72bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63548,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159EA0

secondary

#C84A49

accent

#3734F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #159EA0

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

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