#308B79#308B79

#308B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B79
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -31.25, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 31.30, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0897 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.09 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9011, 20.4726, 21.3045)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B79 #8B3042

analogous

#308B4C #308B79 #30708B

triadic

#308B79 #79308B #8B7930

tetradic

#308B79 #4C308B #8B3042 #708B30

square

#308B79 #4C308B #8B3042 #708B30

split-complementary

#308B79 #8B3070 #8B4C30

monochromatic

#11302A #205E51 #308B79 #40B8A1 #6ACCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#308B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#308B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B79

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B79	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74ad9f',
    500: '#308b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b79;
$custom-light: #74ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.132,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57807,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B79

secondary

#B36474

accent

#506BD8

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B79

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

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