#15899E#15899E

#15899E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.098 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15899E
RGB	rgb(21, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -22.18, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 29.65, 221.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0811 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.098 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4238, 20.5174, 35.4885)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15899E #9E2A15

analogous

#159E6E #15899E #15459E

triadic

#15899E #9E1589 #899E15

tetradic

#15899E #6E159E #9E2A15 #459E15

square

#15899E #6E159E #9E2A15 #459E15

split-complementary

#15899E #9E1545 #9E6E15

monochromatic

#072B32 #0E5A68 #15899E #1CB8D4 #47CEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#15899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#15899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15899E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15899E	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.098 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabba',
    500: '#15899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15899e;
$custom-light: #6fabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58099,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15899E

secondary

#C75B47

accent

#5235F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15899E

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

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