#15A09E#15A09E

#15A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A09E
RGB	rgb(21, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -33.59, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 34.70, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.1034 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.106 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0487, 27.7672, 36.6968)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A09E #A01517

analogous

#15A059 #15A09E #155CA0

triadic

#15A09E #9E15A0 #A09E15

tetradic

#15A09E #5915A0 #A01517 #5CA015

square

#15A09E #5915A0 #A01517 #5CA015

split-complementary

#15A09E #A0155C #A05915

monochromatic

#073433 #0E6A69 #15A09E #1CD6D3 #48E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#15A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#15A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A09E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A09E	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcba',
    500: '#15a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a09e;
$custom-light: #73bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.137,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A09E

secondary

#C8494A

accent

#3437F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A09E

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

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