#15B493#15B493

#15B493 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B493
RGB	rgb(21, 180, 147)
HSL	hsl(168, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -45.55, 6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 45.97, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.1279 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.129 173)
XYZ	xyz(21.8941, 34.9057, 33.1816)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B493 #B41536

analogous

#15B444 #15B493 #1586B4

triadic

#15B493 #9315B4 #B49315

tetradic

#15B493 #4415B4 #B41536 #86B415

square

#15B493 #4415B4 #B41536 #86B415

split-complementary

#15B493 #B41586 #B44415

monochromatic

#084639 #0F7D66 #15B493 #21E5BC #58ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#15B493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#15B493 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B493

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B493	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 180, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb2',
    500: '#15b493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b493;
$custom-light: #75cbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.547,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68791,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.34909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B493

secondary

#CF566F

accent

#325BF6

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F5

border

#C9D2CF

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B493

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

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