#15B5CA#15B5CA

#15B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B5CA
RGB	rgb(21, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -29.80, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 36.62, 215.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.104 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.12 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4891, 37.4678, 61.6488)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B5CA #CA2A15

analogous

#15CA84 #15B5CA #155ACA

triadic

#15B5CA #CA15B5 #B5CA15

tetradic

#15B5CA #8415CA #CA2A15 #5ACA15

square

#15B5CA #8415CA #CA2A15 #5ACA15

split-complementary

#15B5CA #CA155A #CA8415

monochromatic

#09525B #0F8393 #15B5CA #32D4EA #6AE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#15B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#15B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B5CA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B5CA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcbda',
    500: '#15b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b5ca;
$custom-light: #7bcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.961,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B5CA

secondary

#D57366

accent

#4730F8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B5CA

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

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