#15A0CA#15A0CA

#15A0CA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.122 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A0CA
RGB	rgb(21, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -19.10, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 36.44, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.085 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.122 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5362, 29.5622, 60.3312)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A0CA #CA3F15

analogous

#15CA99 #15A0CA #1545CA

triadic

#15A0CA #CA15A0 #A0CA15

tetradic

#15A0CA #9915CA #CA3F15 #45CA15

square

#15A0CA #9915CA #CA3F15 #45CA15

split-complementary

#15A0CA #CA1545 #CA9915

monochromatic

#09485B #0F7493 #15A0CA #32BFEA #6AD0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#15A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#15A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A0CA

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A0CA	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.122 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcda',
    500: '#15a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a0ca;
$custom-light: #79bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.923,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A0CA

secondary

#D58066

accent

#5E30F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A0CA

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

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