#15909F#15909F

#15909F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15909F
RGB	rgb(21, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -25.46, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 30.51, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0874 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.099 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5377, 22.6070, 36.2861)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15909F #9F2415

analogous

#159F69 #15909F #154B9F

triadic

#15909F #9F1590 #909F15

tetradic

#15909F #69159F #9F2415 #4B9F15

square

#15909F #69159F #9F2415 #4B9F15

split-complementary

#15909F #9F154B #9F6915

monochromatic

#072E33 #0E5F69 #15909F #1CC1D5 #48D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#15909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#15909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15909F

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15909F	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#828AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b1bb',
    500: '#15909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15909f;
$custom-light: #70b1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59928,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15909F

secondary

#C85648

accent

#4935F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #15909F

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

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