#308AB9#308AB9

#308AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.110 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308AB9
RGB	rgb(48, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -10.57, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 33.86, 251.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0615 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.11 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0609, 22.3059, 49.1904)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308AB9 #B95F30

analogous

#30B9A3 #308AB9 #3045B9

triadic

#308AB9 #B9308A #8AB930

tetradic

#308AB9 #A330B9 #B95F30 #45B930

square

#308AB9 #A330B9 #B95F30 #45B930

split-complementary

#308AB9 #B93045 #B9A330

monochromatic

#174258 #236688 #308AB9 #54A7D3 #84C0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#308AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#308AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308AB9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308AB9	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7389BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.110 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacce',
    500: '#308ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ab9;
$custom-light: #7bacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60163,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308AB9

secondary

#C9967C

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308AB9

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

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