All About Color #159D8D

#159D8D

About #159D8D

#159D8D is a dark cyan color with the hex code #159D8D. In RGB it is red 21, green 157, blue 141; in HSL it is hue 173°, saturation 76%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 87%, 0%, 10%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.37:1 on white and 6.24:1 on black.

#159D8D Color Conversion

Hex triplet15, 9D, 8D
CMYK86.62%, 0.00%, 10.19%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal21, 157, 141
HSL173°, 76%, 35%
RGB Octal25, 235, 215
HSV (HSB)172.94°, 86.62%, 61.57%
RGB Binary10101, 10011101, 10001101
CIE-L*AB58.22, -37.26, -1.23
RGB Percent8.24%, 61.57%, 55.29%
CIE-L*CH58.22, 37.28, 181.88
XYZ17.17, 26.20, 29.35
CIE-L*UV58.22, -45.36, 3.74
xyY0.24, 0.36, 26.20
Hunter-Lab51.18, -29.67, 1.83
RYB8.24%, 36.57%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#159D8D on a dark background: contrast 6.24:1, passes WCAG AA.
#159D8D on a light background: contrast 3.37:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #159D8D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #159D8D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#159D8D · #2CE2CD · #0A4C45 · #9D1525 · #E22C41

Analogous palette

#259D15 · #159D49 · #159D8D · #15699D · #15259D

Triadic palette

#159D8D · #8D159D · #9D8D15 · #2CE2CD · #CD2CE2

Tetradic palette

#159D8D · #49159D · #9D1525 · #699D15 · #0A4C45

Monochromatic palette

#031614 · #0C5A51 · #159D8D · #1FE0CA · #62EADA

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