#15909E#15909E

#15909E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15909E
RGB	rgb(21, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -25.79, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 30.51, 212.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0878 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.099 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4513, 22.5724, 35.8310)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15909E #9E2315

analogous

#159E67 #15909E #154C9E

triadic

#15909E #9E1590 #909E15

tetradic

#15909E #67159E #9E2315 #4C9E15

square

#15909E #67159E #9E2315 #4C9E15

split-complementary

#15909E #9E154C #9E6715

monochromatic

#072E32 #0E5F68 #15909E #1CC1D4 #47D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#15909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#15909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15909E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15909E	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b1ba',
    500: '#15909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15909e;
$custom-light: #70b1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59887,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15909E

secondary

#C75447

accent

#4835F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15909E

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

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