#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
RGB	rgb(21, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -31.74, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 37.22, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1077 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.121 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3141, 39.1179, 61.9238)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##15B9CA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #15B9CA

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

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