#308B8D#308B8D

#308B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B8D
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -25.53, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 27.05, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0802 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.084 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2571, 21.0150, 28.4464)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B8D #8D3230

analogous

#308D60 #308B8D #305D8D

triadic

#308B8D #8D308B #8B8D30

tetradic

#308B8D #60308D #8D3230 #5D8D30

square

#308B8D #60308D #8D3230 #5D8D30

split-complementary

#308B8D #8D305D #8D6030

monochromatic

#113132 #205E5F #308B8D #40B8BB #6BCACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#308B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#308B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B8D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B8D	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adae',
    500: '#308b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b8d;
$custom-light: #75adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58492,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B8D

secondary

#B46765

accent

#524FD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B8D

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

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