#1599CA#1599CA

#1599CA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.125 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1599CA
RGB	rgb(21, 153, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -15.33, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 37.59, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0788 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.125 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3568, 27.2032, 59.9381)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1599CA #CA4615

analogous

#15CAA0 #1599CA #153ECA

triadic

#1599CA #CA1599 #99CA15

tetradic

#1599CA #A015CA #CA4615 #3ECA15

square

#1599CA #A015CA #CA4615 #3ECA15

split-complementary

#1599CA #CA153E #CAA015

monochromatic

#09455B #0F6F93 #1599CA #32B8EA #6ACBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#1599CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#1599CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1599CA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1599CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1599CA	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1599ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 153, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.125 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7da',
    500: '#1599ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1599ca;
$custom-light: #78b7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1599ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.243,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1599CA

secondary

#D58466

accent

#6630F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #1599CA

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

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