#15aae6

Color #15aae6

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#15aae6

RGB

rgb(21, 170, 230)

HSL

hsl(197.2, 83.3%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.2, 90.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(65.45, -14.62, -40.04)

LCH

lch(65.45, 42.63, 249.94)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1409, 233.51)

HWB

hwb(197.2, 8.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e65115

Analogous

#15e6b9

#15aae6

#1542e6

Triadic

#15aae6

#e615aa

#aae615

Split-complementary

#15aae6

#e61542

#e6b915

Tetradic

#15aae6

#5115e6

#e65115

#aae615

Square

#15aae6

#b915e6

#e65115

#42e615

Shades

Color #15aae6 mixed toward black.

#118ec0

#0e7199

#0a5573

#07394d

#031c26

Tints

Color #15aae6 mixed toward white.

#39b9ed

#61c7f1

#88d5f4

#b0e3f8

#d7f1fb

Tones

Color #15aae6 mixed toward gray.

#26a3d5

#389bc3

#4994b2

#5b8ca0

#6c858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576d9 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#6e63d6 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#2ecfcc · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #15aae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#15aae6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#15aae6 (#15aae6) is rgb(21, 170, 230) in RGB.

No, #15aae6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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