#15A09C#15A09C

#15A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A09C
RGB	rgb(21, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -34.20, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 35.05, 192.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.1043 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.106 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8779, 27.6989, 35.7975)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A09C #A01519

analogous

#15A056 #15A09C #155FA0

triadic

#15A09C #9C15A0 #A09C15

tetradic

#15A09C #5615A0 #A01519 #5FA015

square

#15A09C #5615A0 #A01519 #5FA015

split-complementary

#15A09C #A0155F #A05615

monochromatic

#073433 #0E6A67 #15A09C #1CD6D1 #48E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#15A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#15A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A09C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A09C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb9',
    500: '#15a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a09c;
$custom-light: #72bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63916,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A09C

secondary

#C8494C

accent

#343AF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A09C

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

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