#15A09D#15A09D

#15A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A09D
RGB	rgb(21, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -33.90, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 34.87, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.1038 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.106 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9630, 27.7329, 36.2453)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A09D #A01518

analogous

#15A057 #15A09D #155DA0

triadic

#15A09D #9D15A0 #A09D15

tetradic

#15A09D #5715A0 #A01518 #5DA015

square

#15A09D #5715A0 #A01518 #5DA015

split-complementary

#15A09D #A0155D #A05715

monochromatic

#073433 #0E6A68 #15A09D #1CD6D2 #48E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#15A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#15A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A09D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A09D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb9',
    500: '#15a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a09d;
$custom-light: #72bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A09D

secondary

#C8494B

accent

#3439F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A09D

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

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