#308AAD#308AAD

#308AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.098 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AAD
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -14.70, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 29.95, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0658 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.098 228)
XYZ	xyz(17.8472, 21.8204, 42.7982)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AAD #AD5330

analogous

#30AD91 #308AAD #304BAD

triadic

#308AAD #AD308A #8AAD30

tetradic

#308AAD #9130AD #AD5330 #4BAD30

square

#308AAD #9130AD #AD5330 #4BAD30

split-complementary

#308AAD #AD304B #AD9130

monochromatic

#153E4D #23647D #308AAD #4DA9CE #7DC0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#308AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#308AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AAD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AAD	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#7888AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.098 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc5',
    500: '#308aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308aad;
$custom-light: #79acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AAD

secondary

#C38B75

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AAD

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

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