#308B9B#308B9B

#308B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.087 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B9B
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -21.18, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 26.74, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0741 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.087 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3654, 21.4583, 34.2834)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B9B #9B4030

analogous

#309B76 #308B9B #30569B

triadic

#308B9B #9B308B #8B9B30

tetradic

#308B9B #76309B #9B4030 #569B30

square

#308B9B #76309B #9B4030 #569B30

split-complementary

#308B9B #9B3056 #9B7630

monochromatic

#13373E #22616C #308B9B #43B2C5 #72C5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#308B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#308B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B9B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B9B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.087 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adb8',
    500: '#308b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b9b;
$custom-light: #77adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.972,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5904,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B9B

secondary

#BB786C

accent

#614CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B9B

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

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