#15496C#15496C

#15496C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.080 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15496C
RGB	rgb(21, 73, 108)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(204, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 32.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, -3.63, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 25.36, 261.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% -0.0367 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.08 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3975, 6.0066, 15.0594)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15496C #6C3815

analogous

#156C63 #15496C #151D6C

triadic

#15496C #6C1549 #496C15

tetradic

#15496C #63156C #6C3815 #1D6C15

square

#15496C #63156C #6C3815 #1D6C15

split-complementary

#15496C #6C151D #6C6315

monochromatic

#05111A #0B2639 #15496C #1F6C9F #298ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#15496C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#15496C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #15496C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15496C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##15496C	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D426B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15496c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 73, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.080 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b96',
    500: '#15496c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15496c;
$custom-light: #617b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15496c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.138,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38959,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15496C

secondary

#A3643A

accent

#833DEA

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #15496C

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

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