#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
RGB	rgb(21, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -31.26, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 37.05, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1068 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.12 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1056, 38.7010, 61.8544)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##15B8CA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B8CA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →