#15979E#15979E

#15979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15979E
RGB	rgb(21, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -29.28, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 32.02, 203.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0946 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5446, 24.7590, 36.1954)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15979E #9E1C15

analogous

#159E61 #15979E #15529E

triadic

#15979E #9E1597 #979E15

tetradic

#15979E #61159E #9E1C15 #529E15

square

#15979E #61159E #9E1C15 #529E15

split-complementary

#15979E #9E1552 #9E6115

monochromatic

#073032 #0E6368 #15979E #1CCBD4 #47DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#15979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#15979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15979E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15979E	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b6ba',
    500: '#15979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15979e;
$custom-light: #71b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6168,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15979E

secondary

#C74E47

accent

#3E35F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #15979E

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

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