#159F85#159F85

#159F85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F85
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 16.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -40.38, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 40.57, 174.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1143 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.115 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9388, 26.6470, 26.4364)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F85 #9F152F

analogous

#159F40 #159F85 #15749F

triadic

#159F85 #85159F #9F8515

tetradic

#159F85 #40159F #9F152F #749F15

square

#159F85 #40159F #9F152F #749F15

split-complementary

#159F85 #9F1574 #9F4015

monochromatic

#07332B #0E6958 #159F85 #1CD5B2 #48E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#159F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#159F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F85

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F85	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca8',
    500: '#159f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f85;
$custom-light: #70bca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62908,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F85

secondary

#C84860

accent

#3558F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F85

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

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