#15969E#15969E

#15969E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15969E
RGB	rgb(21, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -28.78, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 31.77, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0937 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3843, 24.4385, 36.1420)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15969E #9E1D15

analogous

#159E62 #15969E #15519E

triadic

#15969E #9E1596 #969E15

tetradic

#15969E #62159E #9E1D15 #519E15

square

#15969E #62159E #9E1D15 #519E15

split-complementary

#15969E #9E1551 #9E6215

monochromatic

#072F32 #0E6368 #15969E #1CC9D4 #47DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#15969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#15969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15969E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15969E	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b5ba',
    500: '#15969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15969e;
$custom-light: #71b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.504,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61423,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15969E

secondary

#C74F47

accent

#4035F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #15969E

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

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