#159F7F#159F7F

#159F7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F7F
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 127)
HSL	hsl(166, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 20.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -41.97, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 42.57, 170.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1173 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.119 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5360, 26.4859, 24.3153)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F7F #9F1535

analogous

#159F3A #159F7F #157A9F

triadic

#159F7F #7F159F #9F7F15

tetradic

#159F7F #3A159F #9F1535 #7A9F15

square

#159F7F #3A159F #9F1535 #7A9F15

split-complementary

#159F7F #9F157A #9F3A15

monochromatic

#073329 #0E6954 #159F7F #1CD5AA #48E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#159F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#159F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F7F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F7F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A947D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca4',
    500: '#159f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f7f;
$custom-light: #70bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62734,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F7F

secondary

#C84866

accent

#3561F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F7F

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

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