#159F42#159F42

#159F42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.172 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F42
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(140, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(140, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 58.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -54.34, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 66.55, 144.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.1458 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.172 148)
XYZ	xyz(13.6896, 25.3473, 9.3242)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F42 #9F1572

analogous

#2D9F15 #159F42 #159F87

triadic

#159F42 #42159F #9F4215

tetradic

#159F42 #152D9F #9F1572 #9F8715

square

#159F42 #152D9F #9F1572 #9F8715

split-complementary

#159F42 #87159F #9F152D

monochromatic

#073315 #0E692C #159F42 #1CD558 #48E77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#159F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#159F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F42

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F42	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92864A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.172 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd79',
    500: '#159f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f42;
$custom-light: #70bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.565,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.25349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F42

secondary

#C8489E

accent

#35B5F3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F42

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

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