#308AAE#308AAE

#308AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.099 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AAE
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -14.36, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 30.24, 241.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0654 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.099 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9443, 21.8593, 43.3097)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AAE #AE5430

analogous

#30AE93 #308AAE #304BAE

triadic

#308AAE #AE308A #8AAE30

tetradic

#308AAE #9330AE #AE5430 #4BAE30

square

#308AAE #9330AE #AE5430 #4BAE30

split-complementary

#308AAE #AE304B #AE9330

monochromatic

#163E4E #23647E #308AAE #4DA9CE #7DC0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#308AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#308AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AAE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AAE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.099 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc6',
    500: '#308aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308aae;
$custom-light: #79acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5963,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AAE

secondary

#C48C76

accent

#7348E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AAE

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

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