#159F75#159F75

#159F75 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F75
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 117)
HSL	hsl(162, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 26.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -44.50, 12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 46.19, 164.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.1222 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.126 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9164, 26.2380, 21.0517)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F75 #9F153F

analogous

#159F30 #159F75 #15849F

triadic

#159F75 #75159F #9F7515

tetradic

#159F75 #30159F #9F153F #849F15

square

#159F75 #30159F #9F153F #849F15

split-complementary

#159F75 #9F1584 #9F3015

monochromatic

#073325 #0E694D #159F75 #1CD59D #48E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#159F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#159F75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F75

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F75	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9c',
    500: '#159f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f75;
$custom-light: #6fbc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62465,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F75

secondary

#C8486F

accent

#356FF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F75

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

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