#308A9C#308A9C

#308A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.087 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308A9C
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -20.33, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 26.71, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0726 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.087 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3056, 21.2038, 34.6794)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308A9C #9C4230

analogous

#309C78 #308A9C #30549C

triadic

#308A9C #9C308A #8A9C30

tetradic

#308A9C #78309C #9C4230 #549C30

square

#308A9C #78309C #9C4230 #549C30

split-complementary

#308A9C #9C3054 #9C7830

monochromatic

#13373E #22616D #308A9C #44B0C5 #73C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#308A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#308A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308A9C

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308A9C	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.087 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acb9',
    500: '#308a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308a9c;
$custom-light: #77acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308A9C

secondary

#BC796C

accent

#644BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308A9C

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

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