#15809E#15809E

#15809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.099 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15809E
RGB	rgb(21, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(193, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, -17.35, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 29.66, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% -0.0724 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.099 223)
XYZ	xyz(14.1974, 18.0646, 35.0797)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15809E #9E3315

analogous

#159E78 #15809E #153B9E

triadic

#15809E #9E1580 #809E15

tetradic

#15809E #78159E #9E3315 #3B9E15

square

#15809E #78159E #9E3315 #3B9E15

split-complementary

#15809E #9E153B #9E7815

monochromatic

#072832 #0E5468 #15809E #1CACD4 #47C4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#15809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#15809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15809E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15809E	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.099 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea5ba',
    500: '#15809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15809e;
$custom-light: #6ea5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5581,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.18066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15809E

secondary

#C76347

accent

#5E35F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15809E

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

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