#308B99#308B99

#308B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.086 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B99
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -21.82, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 26.63, 215.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0749 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.086 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1989, 21.3917, 33.4061)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B99 #993E30

analogous

#309973 #308B99 #305799

triadic

#308B99 #99308B #8B9930

tetradic

#308B99 #733099 #993E30 #579930

square

#308B99 #733099 #993E30 #579930

split-complementary

#308B99 #993057 #997330

monochromatic

#13363C #21616A #308B99 #42B3C4 #71C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#308B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#308B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B99

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B99	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.086 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adb7',
    500: '#308b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b99;
$custom-light: #77adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58959,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B99

secondary

#BA756B

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B99

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

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