#15879E#15879E

#15879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.098 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15879E
RGB	rgb(21, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, -21.13, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 29.54, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0791 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.098 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1421, 19.9540, 35.3946)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15879E #9E2C15

analogous

#159E70 #15879E #15439E

triadic

#15879E #9E1587 #879E15

tetradic

#15879E #70159E #9E2C15 #439E15

square

#15879E #70159E #9E2C15 #439E15

split-complementary

#15879E #9E1543 #9E7015

monochromatic

#072B32 #0E5968 #15879E #1CB5D4 #47CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#15879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#15879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15879E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15879E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.098 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faaba',
    500: '#15879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15879e;
$custom-light: #6faaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57589,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15879E

secondary

#C75D47

accent

#5535F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15879E

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

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