#159FB3#159FB3

#159FB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159FB3
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -26.41, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 33.11, 217.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0932 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.109 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8405, 28.2076, 46.9853)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159FB3 #B32915

analogous

#15B378 #159FB3 #1550B3

triadic

#159FB3 #B3159F #9FB315

tetradic

#159FB3 #7815B3 #B32915 #50B315

square

#159FB3 #7815B3 #B32915 #50B315

split-complementary

#159FB3 #B31550 #B37815

monochromatic

#083E45 #0F6E7C #159FB3 #20CCE5 #57D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#159FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#159FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159FB3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159FB3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc9',
    500: '#159fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159fb3;
$custom-light: #75bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 79,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159FB3

secondary

#CE6556

accent

#4B32F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #159FB3

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

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