#15CA9E#15CA9E

#15CA9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.146 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#15CA9E
RGB	rgb(21, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -51.68, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 52.72, 168.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1435 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.146 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5978, 44.8655, 39.5465)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#15CA9E #CA1541

analogous

#15CA43 #15CA9E #159BCA

triadic

#15CA9E #9E15CA #CA9E15

tetradic

#15CA9E #4315CA #CA1541 #9BCA15

square

#15CA9E #4315CA #CA1541 #9BCA15

split-complementary

#15CA9E #CA159B #CA4315

monochromatic

#095B47 #0F9373 #15CA9E #32EABD #6AEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#15CA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#15CA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #15CA9E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##15CA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##15CA9E	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #15ca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.146 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adbba',
    500: '#15ca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #15ca9e;
$custom-light: #7adbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#15ca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.414,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74734,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#15CA9E

secondary

#D56681

accent

#3061F8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#EFFBF6

border

#CAD4D0

text

#0B1511

muted

#7C8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #15CA9E

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

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