#308AAC#308AAC

#308AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AAC
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -15.04, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 29.68, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0662 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.098 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7508, 21.7819, 42.2905)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AAC #AC5230

analogous

#30AC90 #308AAC #304CAC

triadic

#308AAC #AC308A #8AAC30

tetradic

#308AAC #9030AC #AC5230 #4CAC30

square

#308AAC #9030AC #AC5230 #4CAC30

split-complementary

#308AAC #AC304C #AC9030

monochromatic

#153D4C #23647C #308AAC #4CAACD #7CC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#308AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#308AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AAC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AAC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 227.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AAC

secondary

#C38A75

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AAC

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

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