#15B3CA#15B3CA

#15B3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B3CA
RGB	rgb(21, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -28.82, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 36.38, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1022 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.12 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0853, 36.6603, 61.5143)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B3CA #CA2C15

analogous

#15CA86 #15B3CA #1558CA

triadic

#15B3CA #CA15B3 #B3CA15

tetradic

#15B3CA #8615CA #CA2C15 #58CA15

square

#15B3CA #8615CA #CA2C15 #58CA15

split-complementary

#15B3CA #CA1558 #CA8615

monochromatic

#09515B #0F8293 #15B3CA #32D2EA #6ADFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#15B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#15B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B3CA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B3CA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcada',
    500: '#15b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b3ca;
$custom-light: #7bcada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.624,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B3CA

secondary

#D57466

accent

#4A30F8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B3CA

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

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