#308AB4#308AB4

#308AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.105 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AB4
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -12.30, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 32.10, 247.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0632 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.105 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5423, 22.0985, 46.4594)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AB4 #B45A30

analogous

#30B49C #308AB4 #3048B4

triadic

#308AB4 #B4308A #8AB430

tetradic

#308AB4 #9C30B4 #B45A30 #48B430

square

#308AB4 #9C30B4 #B45A30 #48B430

split-complementary

#308AB4 #B43048 #B49C30

monochromatic

#164053 #236584 #308AB4 #51A8D1 #81C0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#308AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#308AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AB4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AB4	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.105 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacca',
    500: '#308ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ab4;
$custom-light: #7aacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59916,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AB4

secondary

#C69279

accent

#7847E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AB4

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

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