#159FB4#159FB4

#159FB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.109 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159FB4
RGB	rgb(21, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -26.08, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 33.16, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0928 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.109 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9420, 28.2482, 47.5199)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159FB4 #B42A15

analogous

#15B47A #159FB4 #154FB4

triadic

#159FB4 #B4159F #9FB415

tetradic

#159FB4 #7A15B4 #B42A15 #4FB415

square

#159FB4 #7A15B4 #B42A15 #4FB415

split-complementary

#159FB4 #B4154F #B47A15

monochromatic

#083E46 #0F6F7D #159FB4 #21CBE5 #58D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#159FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#159FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159FB4

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159FB4	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.109 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbca',
    500: '#159fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159fb4;
$custom-light: #75bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64587,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159FB4

secondary

#CF6656

accent

#4C32F6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #159FB4

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

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