Color specimenNo. 01138265

#115E59

Bright Dark Teal

A deterministic reference card for #115E59. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
17, 94, 89
HSL
176°, 69%, 22%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · teal

tailwind · teal 800

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-teal-800, text-teal-800, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · teal

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Class name
teal-800
Hex
#115E59
Closest CSS named color
darkslategray
Full color breakdown
/color/115e59

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #115E59 as the text color.

7.58:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #115E59 as the text color.

2.77:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #115E59 as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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