#15B8CA#15B8CA

#15B8CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#15B8CA
RGBrgb(21, 184, 202)
HSLhsl(186, 81%, 44%)
HSVhsv(186, 90%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.53, -31.26, -19.89)
CIE-LCHlch(68.53, 37.05, 212.47°)
OKLaboklab(71.66% -0.1068 -0.0555)
OKLCHoklch(71.66% 0.12 207.5)
XYZxyz(28.1056, 38.7010, 61.8544)
Luminance0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#15B8CA #CA2715
analogous
#15CA81 #15B8CA #155DCA
triadic
#15B8CA #CA15B8 #B8CA15
tetradic
#15B8CA #8115CA #CA2715 #5DCA15
square
#15B8CA #8115CA #CA2715 #5DCA15
split-complementary
#15B8CA #CA155D #CA8115
monochromatic
#09535B #0F8693 #15B8CA #32D8EA #6AE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#15B8CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#15B8CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B8CA
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##15B8CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##15B8CA1.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B0CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A0CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #15b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 207.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcdda',
    500: '#15b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #15b8ca;
$custom-light: #7bcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#15b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.967,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#15B8CA
secondary
#D57166
accent
#4430F8
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

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#15B8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva