#159CCA#159CCA

#159CCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159CCA
RGB	rgb(21, 156, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -16.96, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 37.02, 242.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0815 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.123 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8540, 28.1976, 60.1038)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#159CCA #CA4315

analogous

#15CA9D #159CCA #1541CA

triadic

#159CCA #CA159C #9CCA15

tetradic

#159CCA #9D15CA #CA4315 #41CA15

square

#159CCA #9D15CA #CA4315 #41CA15

split-complementary

#159CCA #CA1541 #CA9D15

monochromatic

#09465B #0F7193 #159CCA #32BBEA #6ACEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#159CCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#159CCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159CCA

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159CCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159CCA	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159cca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 156, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9da',
    500: '#159cca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159cca;
$custom-light: #79b9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159cca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.249,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64839,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159CCA

secondary

#D58266

accent

#6330F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1115

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #159CCA

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

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