Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind teal-800 #115E59

Tailwind CSS v3's teal-800 is #115E59. It is a dark muted teal in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.437, chroma 0.071 and hue 188.2°. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2F4F4F), ΔE2000 8.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.0885
OKLCH L · C · h
0.437 · 0.071 · 188.2
Best text
White 7.58:1
Hue family
Cyan
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#115E59 color codes

HEX
#115E59
RGB
rgb(17, 94, 89)
HSL
hsl(176, 69%, 22%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.437 0.071 188.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.437 -0.070 -0.010)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 35.68, a* -23.29, b* -3.58
XYZ (D65)
X 6.04, Y 8.85, Z 10.84
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(82%, 0%, 5%, 63%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #115E59 accessible?

White text on it reaches 7.58:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.76:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    2.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +18

  • White text on it

    7.58:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −90

  • As text on black

    2.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −16

  • As text on white

    7.58:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +86

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #115E59 7.58:1

    It already reaches 7.58:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #3A807A 4.54:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.44 to 0.55 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #115E59 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #115E59

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #115E59 sits at step 700.

  1. 50#D6FFFA
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.54
  2. 100#BFF8F2
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.92
  3. 200#A9E5DF
    White
    1.40
    Black
    14.96
  4. 300#8CCCC6
    White
    1.81
    Black
    11.56
  5. 400#6DB0AA
    White
    2.48
    Black
    8.44
  6. 500#4F948E
    White
    3.52
    Black
    5.95
  7. 600#377C76
    White
    4.87
    Black
    4.30
  8. 700This color#115E59
    White
    7.58
    Black
    2.76
  9. 800#004A46
    White
    10.15
    Black
    2.06
  10. 900#00302D
    White
    14.37
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#001B19
    White
    17.93
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 teal scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#F0FDFA
    White
    1.04
    Black
    20.13
  2. 100#CCFBF1
    White
    1.12
    Black
    18.63
  3. 200#99F6E4
    White
    1.26
    Black
    16.65
  4. 300#5EEAD4
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.19
  5. 400#2DD4BF
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.28
  6. 500#14B8A6
    White
    2.48
    Black
    8.43
  7. 600#0D9488
    White
    3.74
    Black
    5.60
  8. 700#0F766E
    White
    5.47
    Black
    3.83
  9. 800This color#115E59
    White
    7.58
    Black
    2.76
  10. 900#134E4A
    White
    9.47
    Black
    2.21
  11. 950#042F2E
    White
    14.47
    Black
    1.45

Gamut

How vivid #115E59 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.076; #115E59 uses 93% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.103 there: 35% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.071
sRGB edge
0.076
Display P3 edge
0.103
Rec. 2020 edge
0.165
Dominant wavelength
494 nm
Excitation purity
27%
Chromaticity
x 0.2347, y 0.3439
  • This color#115E59
  • Most vivid in sRGB#005F5A
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.437 0.103 188.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #115e59;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.3795 0.3603); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #115E59

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#88AFAC
  • OKLab50%#8CACA8
  • OKLCH50%#8CACA8

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#092F2D
  • OKLab50%#021F1D
  • OKLCH50%#021F1D

Its complement #73414A

  • sRGB50%#425052
  • OKLab50%#525252
  • OKLCH50%#5C5220
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #115e59, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #115e59 50%, white);

In use

#115E59 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.58:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.58:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.58:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.47:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.47:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.47:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #448983 4.59:1

Color vision

How #115E59 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.7; tritanopia changes it least, 1.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #585859 ΔE2000 20.0

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #4E515A ΔE2000 20.7

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00615C ΔE2000 1.3

    Very close

    Reads as dark muted teal

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #545454 ΔE2000 19.4

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #73414A. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#115E59 · #73414A43.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#585859 · #4A4A4A4.9Easily confused
Deuteranopia#4E515A · #56534911.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#00615C · #7B3C4444.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#545454 · #4F4F4F1.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #115E59

Its complement is #73414A, a dark muted wine, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#115E59
  • Complement#73414A

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#2B5D43
  • Base#115E59
  • +30°#165B6C

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#115E59
  • +120°#5D4770
  • +240°#6B4A23

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#115E59
  • +150°#6B425F
  • +210°#734334

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-teal-800: #115e59;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as teal-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        teal: { 800: '#115e59' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own teal-800; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-teal-800: oklch(0.437 0.071 188.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "teal-800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.0667, 0.3686, 0.349],
        "hex": "#115e59"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 teal-800"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let teal800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.067, green: 0.369, blue: 0.349, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Teal800 = Color(0xFF115E59)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #115E59 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.