#308B8A#308B8A

#308B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.084 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B8A
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -26.43, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 27.43, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0816 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.084 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0369, 20.9269, 27.2867)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B8A #8B3031

analogous

#308B5D #308B8A #305F8B

triadic

#308B8A #8A308B #8B8A30

tetradic

#308B8A #5D308B #8B3031 #5F8B30

square

#308B8A #5D308B #8B3031 #5F8B30

split-complementary

#308B8A #8B305F #8B5D30

monochromatic

#113030 #205E5D #308B8A #40B8B7 #6ACCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#308B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#308B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B8A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B8A	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.084 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adac',
    500: '#308b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b8a;
$custom-light: #75adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58382,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B8A

secondary

#B36465

accent

#5051D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B8A

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

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