#159F87#159F87

#159F87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F87
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -39.83, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 39.93, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.1133 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.114 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0783, 26.7028, 27.1710)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F87 #9F152D

analogous

#159F42 #159F87 #15729F

triadic

#159F87 #87159F #9F8715

tetradic

#159F87 #42159F #9F152D #729F15

square

#159F87 #42159F #9F152D #729F15

split-complementary

#159F87 #9F1572 #9F4215

monochromatic

#07332B #0E6959 #159F87 #1CD5B5 #48E7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#159F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F87

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F87	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)

#999486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bca9',
    500: '#159f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f87;
$custom-light: #70bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62967,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F87

secondary

#C8485E

accent

#3556F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F87

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

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