#15A8CA#15A8CA

#15A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#15A8CA
RGBrgb(21, 168, 202)
HSLhsl(191, 81%, 44%)
HSVhsv(191, 90%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.69, -23.28, -27.30)
CIE-LCHlch(63.69, 35.88, 229.54°)
OKLaboklab(67.75% -0.0922 -0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(67.75% 0.12 219.7)
XYZxyz(24.9680, 32.4257, 60.8085)
Luminance0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#15A8CA #CA3715
analogous
#15CA91 #15A8CA #154DCA
triadic
#15A8CA #CA15A8 #A8CA15
tetradic
#15A8CA #9115CA #CA3715 #4DCA15
square
#15A8CA #9115CA #CA3715 #4DCA15
split-complementary
#15A8CA #CA154D #CA9115
monochromatic
#094C5B #0F7A93 #15A8CA #32C7EA #6AD6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#15A8CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49
#15A8CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15A8CA
7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##15A8CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##15A8CA1.002.817.497.49
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A3CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D93CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #15a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 219.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2da',
    500: '#15a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #15a8ca;
$custom-light: #7ac2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#15a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.271,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67751,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#15A8CA
secondary
#D57B66
accent
#5630F8
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#EFF7FA
border
#CAD0D3
text
#0B1214
muted
#7C8183

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#15A8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva