#15A189#15A189

#15A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A189
RGB	rgb(21, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -40.15, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 40.25, 176.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.1143 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.115 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5671, 27.4530, 28.0351)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A189 #A1152D

analogous

#15A143 #15A189 #1573A1

triadic

#15A189 #8915A1 #A18915

tetradic

#15A189 #4315A1 #A1152D #73A115

square

#15A189 #4315A1 #A1152D #73A115

split-complementary

#15A189 #A11573 #A14315

monochromatic

#07352D #0E6B5B #15A189 #1CD7B7 #49E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#15A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#15A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #15A189

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A189	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)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdab',
    500: '#15a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a189;
$custom-light: #71bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A189

secondary

#C8495F

accent

#3455F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A189

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

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