#159F74#159F74

#159F74 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.127 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F74
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 116)
HSL	hsl(161, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 27%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -44.74, 12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 46.57, 163.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.1227 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.127 165)
XYZ	xyz(15.8579, 26.2146, 20.7437)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F74 #9F1540

analogous

#159F2F #159F74 #15859F

triadic

#159F74 #74159F #9F7415

tetradic

#159F74 #2F159F #9F1540 #859F15

square

#159F74 #2F159F #9F1540 #859F15

split-complementary

#159F74 #9F1585 #9F2F15

monochromatic

#073325 #0E694D #159F74 #1CD59B #48E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#159F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#159F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F74

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F74	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.127 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9c',
    500: '#159f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f74;
$custom-light: #6fbc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.304,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6244,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F74

secondary

#C84870

accent

#3570F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F74

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

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