#159ECA#159ECA

#159ECA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#159ECA
RGB	rgb(21, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -18.03, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 36.71, 240.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0833 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.123 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1923, 28.8744, 60.2166)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#159ECA #CA4115

analogous

#15CA9B #159ECA #1543CA

triadic

#159ECA #CA159E #9ECA15

tetradic

#159ECA #9B15CA #CA4115 #43CA15

square

#159ECA #9B15CA #CA4115 #43CA15

split-complementary

#159ECA #CA1543 #CA9B15

monochromatic

#09475B #0F7393 #159ECA #32BDEA #6ACFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#159ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#159ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #159ECA

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##159ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##159ECA	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #159eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bada',
    500: '#159eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #159eca;
$custom-light: #79bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#159eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.586,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65322,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#159ECA

secondary

#D58166

accent

#6130F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #159ECA

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

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