#159ACA#159ACA

#159ACA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.124 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159ACA
RGB	rgb(21, 154, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -15.87, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 37.39, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0797 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.124 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5211, 27.5319, 59.9929)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159ACA #CA4515

analogous

#15CA9F #159ACA #153FCA

triadic

#159ACA #CA159A #9ACA15

tetradic

#159ACA #9F15CA #CA4515 #3FCA15

square

#159ACA #9F15CA #CA4515 #3FCA15

split-complementary

#159ACA #CA153F #CA9F15

monochromatic

#09455B #0F7093 #159ACA #32B9EA #6ACCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#159ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#159ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159ACA

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159ACA	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 154, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.124 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7da',
    500: '#159aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159aca;
$custom-light: #78b7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.912,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159ACA

secondary

#D58366

accent

#6530F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #159ACA

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

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