#15496B#15496B

#15496B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.079 H 242.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15496B
RGB	rgb(21, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, -4.03, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 24.88, 260.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% -0.037 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.079 242)
XYZ	xyz(5.3446, 5.9854, 14.7807)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15496B #6B3715

analogous

#156B62 #15496B #151E6B

triadic

#15496B #6B1549 #496B15

tetradic

#15496B #62156B #6B3715 #1E6B15

square

#15496B #62156B #6B3715 #1E6B15

split-complementary

#15496B #6B151E #6B6215

monochromatic

#05111A #0B2638 #15496B #1F6C9E #298FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#15496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#15496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #15496B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##15496B	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D426A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.079 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b95',
    500: '#15496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15496b;
$custom-light: #617b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38899,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15496B

secondary

#A2633A

accent

#823EEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #15496B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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