#15B495#15B495

#15B495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B495
RGB	rgb(21, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -45.02, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 45.32, 173.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.127 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.128 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0524, 34.9690, 34.0154)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B495 #B41534

analogous

#15B446 #15B495 #1584B4

triadic

#15B495 #9515B4 #B49515

tetradic

#15B495 #4615B4 #B41534 #84B415

square

#15B495 #4615B4 #B41534 #84B415

split-complementary

#15B495 #B41584 #B44615

monochromatic

#08463A #0F7D68 #15B495 #21E5BF #58ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#15B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#15B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B495

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B495	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb4',
    500: '#15b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b495;
$custom-light: #75cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.302,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B495

secondary

#CF566E

accent

#3258F6

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B495

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

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