#159BCA#159BCA

#159BCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.124 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159BCA
RGB	rgb(21, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -16.42, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 37.20, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0806 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.124 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6868, 27.8634, 60.0481)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159BCA #CA4415

analogous

#15CA9E #159BCA #1540CA

triadic

#159BCA #CA159B #9BCA15

tetradic

#159BCA #9E15CA #CA4415 #40CA15

square

#159BCA #9E15CA #CA4415 #40CA15

split-complementary

#159BCA #CA1540 #CA9E15

monochromatic

#09465B #0F7093 #159BCA #32BAEA #6ACDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#159BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#159BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159BCA

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159BCA	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.124 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8da',
    500: '#159bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159bca;
$custom-light: #78b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.58,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64597,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159BCA

secondary

#D58366

accent

#6430F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #159BCA

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

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