#308B87#308B87

#308B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.085 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B87
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -27.31, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 27.91, 191.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.083 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.085 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8228, 20.8413, 26.1586)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B87 #8B3034

analogous

#308B5A #308B87 #30628B

triadic

#308B87 #87308B #8B8730

tetradic

#308B87 #5A308B #8B3034 #628B30

square

#308B87 #5A308B #8B3034 #628B30

split-complementary

#308B87 #8B3062 #8B5A30

monochromatic

#11302F #205E5B #308B87 #40B8B3 #6ACCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#308B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#308B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B87

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B87	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.085 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75ada9',
    500: '#308b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b87;
$custom-light: #75ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.363,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B87

secondary

#B36467

accent

#5056D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B87

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

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