#15959E#15959E

#15959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15959E
RGB	rgb(21, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -28.29, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 31.53, 206.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0927 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2254, 24.1207, 36.0890)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15959E #9E1E15

analogous

#159E63 #15959E #15509E

triadic

#15959E #9E1595 #959E15

tetradic

#15959E #63159E #9E1E15 #509E15

square

#15959E #63159E #9E1E15 #509E15

split-complementary

#15959E #9E1550 #9E6315

monochromatic

#072F32 #0E6268 #15959E #1CC8D4 #47DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#15959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#15959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15959E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15959E	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4ba',
    500: '#15959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15959e;
$custom-light: #71b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61167,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15959E

secondary

#C75047

accent

#4135F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #15959E

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

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