#308A8B#308A8B

#308A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.083 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308A8B
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -25.63, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 26.96, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.08 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.083 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9655, 20.6678, 27.6217)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308A8B #8B3130

analogous

#308B5F #308A8B #305D8B

triadic

#308A8B #8B308A #8A8B30

tetradic

#308A8B #5F308B #8B3130 #5D8B30

square

#308A8B #5F308B #8B3130 #5D8B30

split-complementary

#308A8B #8B305D #8B5F30

monochromatic

#113030 #205D5E #308A8B #40B7B8 #6ACACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#308A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#308A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308A8B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308A8B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.083 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acac',
    500: '#308a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308a8b;
$custom-light: #75acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308A8B

secondary

#B36564

accent

#5150D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308A8B

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

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