#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
RGBrgb(21, 179, 202)
HSLhsl(188, 81%, 44%)
HSVhsv(188, 90%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.02, -28.82, -22.20)
CIE-LCHlch(67.02, 36.38, 217.60°)
OKLaboklab(70.44% -0.1022 -0.062)
OKLCHoklch(70.44% 0.12 211.2)
XYZxyz(27.0853, 36.6603, 61.5143)
Luminance0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##15B3CA1.002.528.338.33
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3321.001.001.00
##0000008.3321.001.001.00

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

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#15B3CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva