#308B82#308B82

#308B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.086 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B82
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -28.76, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 28.92, 186.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0853 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.086 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4790, 20.7037, 24.3479)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B82 #8B3039

analogous

#308B55 #308B82 #30678B

triadic

#308B82 #82308B #8B8230

tetradic

#308B82 #55308B #8B3039 #678B30

square

#308B82 #55308B #8B3039 #678B30

split-complementary

#308B82 #8B3067 #8B5530

monochromatic

#11302D #205E57 #308B82 #40B8AD #6ACCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#308B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#308B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B82

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B82	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.086 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74ada6',
    500: '#308b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b82;
$custom-light: #74ada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.066,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58101,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B82

secondary

#B3646C

accent

#505DD8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B82

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

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