#308B8B#308B8B

#308B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.084 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B8B
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -26.13, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 27.29, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0811 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.084 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1097, 20.9560, 27.6697)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B8B #8B3030

analogous

#308B5E #308B8B #305E8B

triadic

#308B8B #8B308B #8B8B30

tetradic

#308B8B #5E308B #8B3030 #5E8B30

square

#308B8B #5E308B #8B3030 #5E8B30

split-complementary

#308B8B #8B305E #8B5E30

monochromatic

#113030 #205E5E #308B8B #40B8B8 #6ACCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#308B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#308B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B8B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B8B	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#82848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.084 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adac',
    500: '#308b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b8b;
$custom-light: #75adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B8B

secondary

#B36464

accent

#5050D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B8B

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

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