All About Color #159E97

#159E97

About #159E97

#159E97 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #159E97. In RGB it is red 21, green 158, blue 151; in HSL it is hue 177°, saturation 77%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 87%, 0%, 4%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.30:1 on white and 6.37:1 on black.

#159E97 Color Conversion

Hex triplet15, 9E, 97
CMYK86.71%, 0.00%, 4.43%, 38.04%
RGB Decimal21, 158, 151
HSL177°, 77%, 35%
RGB Octal25, 236, 227
HSV (HSB)176.93°, 86.71%, 61.96%
RGB Binary10101, 10011110, 10010111
CIE-L*AB58.83, -34.78, -6.00
RGB Percent8.24%, 61.96%, 59.22%
CIE-L*CH58.83, 35.29, 189.79
XYZ18.12, 26.85, 33.51
CIE-L*UV58.83, -44.96, -3.71
xyY0.23, 0.34, 26.85
Hunter-Lab51.81, -28.25, -2.07
RYB8.24%, 35.80%, 61.96%

Color Accessibility Scores

#159E97 on a dark background: contrast 6.37:1, passes WCAG AA.
#159E97 on a light background: contrast 3.30:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #159E97, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #159E97. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#159E97 · #2BE3DA · #0A4D49 · #9E151B · #E32B34

Analogous palette

#1B9E15 · #159E52 · #159E97 · #15609E · #151B9E

Triadic palette

#159E97 · #97159E · #9E9715 · #2BE3DA · #DA2BE3

Tetradic palette

#159E97 · #52159E · #9E151B · #609E15 · #0A4D49

Monochromatic palette

#031716 · #0C5A56 · #159E97 · #1DE2D8 · #61EAE4

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