#308B89#308B89

#308B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.084 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B89
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -26.72, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 27.58, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.082 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.084 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.9649, 20.8981, 26.9071)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B89 #8B3032

analogous

#308B5C #308B89 #30608B

triadic

#308B89 #89308B #8B8930

tetradic

#308B89 #5C308B #8B3032 #608B30

square

#308B89 #5C308B #8B3032 #608B30

split-complementary

#308B89 #8B3060 #8B5C30

monochromatic

#11302F #205E5C #308B89 #40B8B6 #6ACCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#308B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#308B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B89

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B89	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.084 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adab',
    500: '#308b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b89;
$custom-light: #75adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.681,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B89

secondary

#B36466

accent

#5053D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B89

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

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