#15B499#15B499

#15B499 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B499
RGB	rgb(21, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(170, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.3%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -43.96, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 44.07, 175.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.1251 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.125 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3772, 35.0989, 35.7262)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B499 #B41530

analogous

#15B449 #15B499 #1580B4

triadic

#15B499 #9915B4 #B49915

tetradic

#15B499 #4915B4 #B41530 #80B415

square

#15B499 #4915B4 #B41530 #80B415

split-complementary

#15B499 #B41580 #B44915

monochromatic

#08463C #0F7D6A #15B499 #21E5C4 #58ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#15B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#15B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B499

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B499	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb7',
    500: '#15b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b499;
$custom-light: #76cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68964,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B499

secondary

#CF566B

accent

#3253F6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B499

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

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