#15B6CA#15B6CA

#15B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15B6CA
RGB	rgb(21, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -30.29, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 36.75, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1049 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.12 209)
XYZ	xyz(27.6931, 37.8759, 61.7169)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15B6CA #CA2915

analogous

#15CA83 #15B6CA #155BCA

triadic

#15B6CA #CA15B6 #B6CA15

tetradic

#15B6CA #8315CA #CA2915 #5BCA15

square

#15B6CA #8315CA #CA2915 #5BCA15

split-complementary

#15B6CA #CA155B #CA8315

monochromatic

#09525B #0F8493 #15B6CA #32D5EA #6AE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#15B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#15B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B6CA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15B6CA	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bccda',
    500: '#15b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15b6ca;
$custom-light: #7bccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.63,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.3788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15B6CA

secondary

#D57266

accent

#4630F8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B6CA

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

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