#308AAB#308AAB

#308AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.097 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AAB
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -15.38, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.42, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0666 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.097 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6551, 21.7436, 41.7866)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AAB #AB5130

analogous

#30AB8F #308AAB #304CAB

triadic

#308AAB #AB308A #8AAB30

tetradic

#308AAB #8F30AB #AB5130 #4CAB30

square

#308AAB #8F30AB #AB5130 #4CAB30

split-complementary

#308AAB #AB304C #AB8F30

monochromatic

#153D4B #23637B #308AAB #4CAACD #7BC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#308AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#308AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AAB

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AAB	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.097 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc4',
    500: '#308aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308aab;
$custom-light: #79acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5949,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AAB

secondary

#C38974

accent

#7148DF

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AAB

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

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