#15B496#15B496

#15B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B496
RGB	rgb(21, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -44.76, 4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 45.00, 174.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.1265 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.127 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1326, 35.0011, 34.4376)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B496 #B41533

analogous

#15B446 #15B496 #1583B4

triadic

#15B496 #9615B4 #B49615

tetradic

#15B496 #4615B4 #B41533 #83B415

square

#15B496 #4615B4 #B41533 #83B415

split-complementary

#15B496 #B41583 #B44615

monochromatic

#08463B #0F7D68 #15B496 #21E5C0 #58ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#15B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#15B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B496

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B496	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb4',
    500: '#15b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b496;
$custom-light: #75cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68877,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B496

secondary

#CF566D

accent

#3257F6

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B496

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

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