#15799F#15799F

#15799F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.102 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15799F
RGB	rgb(21, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, -13.08, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 30.89, 244.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% -0.0654 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.102 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4021, 16.3357, 35.2409)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15799F #9F3B15

analogous

#159F80 #15799F #15349F

triadic

#15799F #9F1579 #799F15

tetradic

#15799F #80159F #9F3B15 #349F15

square

#15799F #80159F #9F3B15 #349F15

split-complementary

#15799F #9F1534 #9F8015

monochromatic

#072733 #0E5069 #15799F #1CA2D5 #48BBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#15799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#15799F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #15799F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##15799F	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6577A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.102 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9fbb',
    500: '#15799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15799f;
$custom-light: #6e9fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54091,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15799F

secondary

#C86B48

accent

#6935F3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #15799F

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

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