#15B9CA#15B9CA

#15B9CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#15B9CA
RGBrgb(21, 185, 202)
HSLhsl(186, 81%, 44%)
HSVhsv(186, 90%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.84, -31.74, -19.43)
CIE-LCHlch(68.84, 37.22, 211.47°)
OKLaboklab(71.91% -0.1077 -0.0542)
OKLCHoklch(71.91% 0.121 206.7)
XYZxyz(28.3141, 39.1179, 61.9238)
Luminance0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#15B9CA #CA2615
analogous
#15CA80 #15B9CA #155FCA
triadic
#15B9CA #CA15B9 #B9CA15
tetradic
#15B9CA #8015CA #CA2615 #5FCA15
square
#15B9CA #8015CA #CA2615 #5FCA15
split-complementary
#15B9CA #CA155F #CA8015
monochromatic
#09535B #0F8693 #15B9CA #32D9EA #6AE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#15B9CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82
#15B9CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15B9CA
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##15B9CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##15B9CA1.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B1CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A1CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #15b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 206.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cceda',
    500: '#15b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #15b9ca;
$custom-light: #7cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#15b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.635,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#15B9CA
secondary
#D57066
accent
#4330F8
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

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#15B9CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva