#15517E#15517E

#15517E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.096 H 246.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15517E
RGB	rgb(21, 81, 126)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, -1.58, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 30.74, 267.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0388 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.096 246)
XYZ	xyz(7.0161, 7.5498, 20.8221)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15517E #7E4215

analogous

#157E77 #15517E #151D7E

triadic

#15517E #7E1551 #517E15

tetradic

#15517E #77157E #7E4215 #1D7E15

square

#15517E #77157E #7E4215 #1D7E15

split-complementary

#15517E #7E151D #7E7715

monochromatic

#04111A #0C2F4A #15517E #1E73B2 #3193DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#15517E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#15517E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #15517E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15517E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##15517E	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15517e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 81, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.096 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6581a3',
    500: '#15517e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15517e;
$custom-light: #6581a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15517e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42122,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.07551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15517E

secondary

#B36F3C

accent

#873AEE

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #15517E

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

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