#15CA9C#15CA9C

#15CA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.147 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15CA9C
RGB	rgb(21, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -52.17, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 53.41, 167.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1444 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.147 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4271, 44.7972, 38.6472)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15CA9C #CA1543

analogous

#15CA41 #15CA9C #159DCA

triadic

#15CA9C #9C15CA #CA9C15

tetradic

#15CA9C #4115CA #CA1543 #9DCA15

square

#15CA9C #4115CA #CA1543 #9DCA15

split-complementary

#15CA9C #CA159D #CA4115

monochromatic

#095B46 #0F9371 #15CA9C #32EABB #6AEFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#15CA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#15CA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15CA9C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15CA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15CA9C	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15ca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.147 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adbb9',
    500: '#15ca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15ca9c;
$custom-light: #7adbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15ca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.751,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74682,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15CA9C

secondary

#D56682

accent

#3063F8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#EFFBF6

border

#CAD4D0

text

#0B1511

muted

#7C8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #15CA9C

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

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