All About Color #159D7B

#159D7B

About #159D7B

#159D7B is a dark cyan color with the hex code #159D7B. In RGB it is red 21, green 157, blue 123; in HSL it is hue 165°, saturation 76%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 87%, 0%, 22%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.42:1 on white and 6.14:1 on black.

#159D7B Color Conversion

Hex triplet15, 9D, 7B
CMYK86.62%, 0.00%, 21.66%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal21, 157, 123
HSL165°, 76%, 35%
RGB Octal25, 235, 173
HSV (HSB)165.00°, 86.62%, 61.57%
RGB Binary10101, 10011101, 1111011
CIE-L*AB57.75, -42.17, 8.29
RGB Percent8.24%, 61.57%, 48.24%
CIE-L*CH57.75, 42.98, 168.87
XYZ15.94, 25.70, 22.86
CIE-L*UV57.75, -46.68, 17.87
xyY0.25, 0.40, 25.70
Hunter-Lab50.70, -32.60, 8.76
RYB8.24%, 38.71%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#159D7B on a dark background: contrast 6.14:1, passes WCAG AA.
#159D7B on a light background: contrast 3.42:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #159D7B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #159D7B. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#159D7B · #2CE2B5 · #0A4C3C · #9D1537 · #E22C5A

Analogous palette

#379D15 · #159D37 · #159D7B · #157B9D · #15379D

Triadic palette

#159D7B · #7B159D · #9D7B15 · #2CE2B5 · #B52CE2

Tetradic palette

#159D7B · #37159D · #9D1537 · #7B9D15 · #0A4C3C

Monochromatic palette

#031612 · #0C5A46 · #159D7B · #1FE0B0 · #62EAC8

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