#159F86#159F86

#159F86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F86
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 15.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -40.10, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 40.25, 175.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.1138 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.114 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0082, 26.6747, 26.8020)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F86 #9F152E

analogous

#159F41 #159F86 #15739F

triadic

#159F86 #86159F #9F8615

tetradic

#159F86 #41159F #9F152E #739F15

square

#159F86 #41159F #9F152E #739F15

split-complementary

#159F86 #9F1573 #9F4115

monochromatic

#07332B #0E6958 #159F86 #1CD5B4 #48E7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#159F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F86

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F86	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca9',
    500: '#159f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f86;
$custom-light: #70bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F86

secondary

#C8485F

accent

#3557F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F86

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

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