#15A188#15A188

#15A188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A188
RGB	rgb(21, 161, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87%, 0%, 15.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -40.43, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 40.56, 175.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.1148 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.115 176)
XYZ	xyz(17.4957, 27.4245, 27.6591)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A188 #A1152E

analogous

#15A142 #15A188 #1574A1

triadic

#15A188 #8815A1 #A18815

tetradic

#15A188 #4215A1 #A1152E #74A115

square

#15A188 #4215A1 #A1152E #74A115

split-complementary

#15A188 #A11574 #A14215

monochromatic

#07352D #0E6B5A #15A188 #1CD7B6 #49E7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#15A188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#15A188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A188

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A188	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 161, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaa',
    500: '#15a188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a188;
$custom-light: #71bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.27427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A188

secondary

#C84960

accent

#3456F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A188

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

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