#15afd1

Color #15afd1

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 17.46 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#15afd1

RGB

rgb(21, 175, 209)

HSL

hsl(190.9, 81.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.9, 90%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(90%, 16.3%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(66.07, -24.5, -27.51)

LCH

lch(66.07, 36.84, 228.31)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.123, 218.83)

HWB

hwb(190.9, 8.2%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d13715

Analogous

#15d195

#15afd1

#1551d1

Triadic

#15afd1

#d115af

#afd115

Split-complementary

#15afd1

#d11551

#d19515

Tetradic

#15afd1

#3715d1

#d13715

#afd115

Square

#15afd1

#9515d1

#d13715

#51d115

Shades

Color #15afd1 mixed toward black.

#1292ae

#0e758b

#0b5768

#073a46

#041d23

Tints

Color #15afd1 mixed toward white.

#2bc7ea

#55d2ee

#80ddf2

#aae9f6

#d5f4fb

Tones

Color #15afd1 mixed toward gray.

#25a5c1

#349bb2

#4491a2

#548792

#637d83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797ac9 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#7166c8 · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#2fc3c2 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #15afd1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#15afd1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#15afd1 (#15afd1) is rgb(21, 175, 209) in RGB.

No, #15afd1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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