#15859E#15859E

#15859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.098 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15859E
RGB	rgb(21, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, -20.06, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 29.49, 227.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% -0.0772 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.098 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8657, 19.4012, 35.3024)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15859E #9E2E15

analogous

#159E72 #15859E #15409E

triadic

#15859E #9E1585 #859E15

tetradic

#15859E #72159E #9E2E15 #409E15

square

#15859E #72159E #9E2E15 #409E15

split-complementary

#15859E #9E1540 #9E7215

monochromatic

#072A32 #0E5868 #15859E #1CB2D4 #47C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#15859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#15859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15859E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15859E	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75819F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.098 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa8ba',
    500: '#15859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15859e;
$custom-light: #6fa8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15859E

secondary

#C75F47

accent

#5735F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15859E

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

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