#15A9CA#15A9CA

#15A9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15A9CA
RGB	rgb(21, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -23.80, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 35.87, 228.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0931 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.12 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1533, 32.7963, 60.8703)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15A9CA #CA3615

analogous

#15CA90 #15A9CA #154ECA

triadic

#15A9CA #CA15A9 #A9CA15

tetradic

#15A9CA #9015CA #CA3615 #4ECA15

square

#15A9CA #9015CA #CA3615 #4ECA15

split-complementary

#15A9CA #CA154E #CA9015

monochromatic

#094C5B #0F7B93 #15A9CA #32C8EA #6AD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#15A9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#15A9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15A9CA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15A9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15A9CA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15a9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2da',
    500: '#15a9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15a9ca;
$custom-light: #7ac2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15a9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.939,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15A9CA

secondary

#D57A66

accent

#5530F8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF7FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #15A9CA

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

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