#159FA0#159FA0

#159FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159FA0
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -32.51, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 34.07, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.1015 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.105 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0496, 27.4913, 37.5532)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159FA0 #A01615

analogous

#15A05C #159FA0 #1559A0

triadic

#159FA0 #A0159F #9FA015

tetradic

#159FA0 #5C15A0 #A01615 #59A015

square

#159FA0 #5C15A0 #A01615 #59A015

split-complementary

#159FA0 #A01559 #A05C15

monochromatic

#073334 #0E696A #159FA0 #1CD5D6 #48E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#159FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#159FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159FA0

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159FA0	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbc',
    500: '#159fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159fa0;
$custom-light: #73bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.432,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63804,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159FA0

secondary

#C84A49

accent

#3634F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #159FA0

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

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