#159F81#159F81

#159F81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.117 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F81
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 129)
HSL	hsl(167, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 18.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -41.45, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 41.89, 171.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1163 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.117 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6677, 26.5385, 25.0086)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F81 #9F1533

analogous

#159F3C #159F81 #15789F

triadic

#159F81 #81159F #9F8115

tetradic

#159F81 #3C159F #9F1533 #789F15

square

#159F81 #3C159F #9F1533 #789F15

split-complementary

#159F81 #9F1578 #9F3C15

monochromatic

#073329 #0E6955 #159F81 #1CD5AD #48E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#159F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#159F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F81

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F81	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.117 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca5',
    500: '#159f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f81;
$custom-light: #70bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62791,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F81

secondary

#C84864

accent

#355EF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F81

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

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