#159F88#159F88

#159F88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159F88
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 0%, 14.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -39.56, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 39.62, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.1128 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.113 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1490, 26.7311, 27.5435)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159F88 #9F152C

analogous

#159F43 #159F88 #15719F

triadic

#159F88 #88159F #9F8815

tetradic

#159F88 #43159F #9F152C #719F15

square

#159F88 #43159F #9F152C #719F15

split-complementary

#159F88 #9F1571 #9F4315

monochromatic

#07332C #0E695A #159F88 #1CD5B6 #48E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#159F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#159F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159F88

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159F88	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bcaa',
    500: '#159f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159f88;
$custom-light: #70bcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159F88

secondary

#C8485D

accent

#3554F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #159F88

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

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