#15B497#15B497

#15B497 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B497
RGB	rgb(21, 180, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 0%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -44.49, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 44.69, 174.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.126 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.126 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2134, 35.0334, 34.8635)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B497 #B41532

analogous

#15B448 #15B497 #1581B4

triadic

#15B497 #9715B4 #B49715

tetradic

#15B497 #4815B4 #B41532 #81B415

square

#15B497 #4815B4 #B41532 #81B415

split-complementary

#15B497 #B41581 #B44815

monochromatic

#08463B #0F7D69 #15B497 #21E5C1 #58ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#15B497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#15B497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B497

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B497	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 180, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb5',
    500: '#15b497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b497;
$custom-light: #76cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.057,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68906,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B497

secondary

#CF566C

accent

#3256F6

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B497

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

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