#15859F#15859F

#15859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.099 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15859F
RGB	rgb(21, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, -19.71, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 29.64, 228.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.0768 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.099 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9521, 19.4358, 35.7576)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#15859F #9F2F15

analogous

#159F74 #15859F #15409F

triadic

#15859F #9F1585 #859F15

tetradic

#15859F #74159F #9F2F15 #409F15

square

#15859F #74159F #9F2F15 #409F15

split-complementary

#15859F #9F1540 #9F7415

monochromatic

#072B33 #0E5869 #15859F #1CB2D5 #48C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#15859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#15859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15859F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15859F	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7581A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63759F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.099 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa8bb',
    500: '#15859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15859f;
$custom-light: #6fa8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57125,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15859F

secondary

#C86048

accent

#5835F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15859F

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

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