#308A9D#308A9D

#308A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.088 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308A9D
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -20.01, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 26.81, 221.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0722 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.088 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3907, 21.2378, 35.1272)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308A9D #9D4330

analogous

#309D7A #308A9D #30539D

triadic

#308A9D #9D308A #8A9D30

tetradic

#308A9D #7A309D #9D4330 #539D30

square

#308A9D #7A309D #9D4330 #539D30

split-complementary

#308A9D #9D3053 #9D7A30

monochromatic

#13383F #22616E #308A9D #44AFC6 #73C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#308A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#308A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308A9D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308A9D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.088 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acba',
    500: '#308a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308a9d;
$custom-light: #77acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58873,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308A9D

secondary

#BC7B6D

accent

#654BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308A9D

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

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