#15496E#15496E

#15496E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.083 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15496E
RGB	rgb(21, 73, 110)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(205, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, -2.83, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 26.35, 263.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% -0.036 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.083 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5052, 6.0497, 15.6264)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15496E #6E3A15

analogous

#156E66 #15496E #151C6E

triadic

#15496E #6E1549 #496E15

tetradic

#15496E #66156E #6E3A15 #1C6E15

square

#15496E #66156E #6E3A15 #1C6E15

split-complementary

#15496E #6E151C #6E6615

monochromatic

#05111A #0B273B #15496E #1F6BA1 #298DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#15496E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#15496E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #15496E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15496E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##15496E	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B426D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15496e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 73, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.083 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617b98',
    500: '#15496e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15496e;
$custom-light: #617b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15496e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.944,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3908,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15496E

secondary

#A4663A

accent

#853DEB

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF2

border

#C6C8CC

text

#06090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #15496E

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

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