Information about #159973 color

#159973 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #159973 is classified in the Register under the Spring Green Color Family, with High Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(21, 153, 115) — 8.2% red, 60% green, 45.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 52 / 0 / 15 / 40. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored minty spring green, #159973 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Bluish Green (#10A674). Slightly further away sit Ireland Green (#169B62) and Elf Green (#1B8A6B).

The recipe behind #159973 is rgb(21, 153, 115), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #159973 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#159973 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#159973 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #159973

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#159973
  • RGB21, 153, 115
  • CMYK52, 0, 15, 40
  • CSSrgb(21, 153, 115)
  • HSL163°, 76%, 34%
  • HSL Precise162.727°, 75.862%, 34.118%
  • HSV163°, 86%, 60%
  • HSB163°, 86%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.082, 0.600, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.082, 0.600, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.082, 0.600, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilySpring Green
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID159973
  • DECIMAL ID1415539
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01