#308B9C#308B9C

#308B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308B9C
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -20.86, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 26.81, 218.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0736 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.087 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4498, 21.4921, 34.7275)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308B9C #9C4130

analogous

#309C77 #308B9C #30559C

triadic

#308B9C #9C308B #8B9C30

tetradic

#308B9C #77309C #9C4130 #559C30

square

#308B9C #77309C #9C4130 #559C30

split-complementary

#308B9C #9C3055 #9C7730

monochromatic

#13383E #22616D #308B9C #44B1C5 #73C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#308B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#308B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308B9C

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308B9C	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adb9',
    500: '#308b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308b9c;
$custom-light: #77adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308B9C

secondary

#BC796C

accent

#624BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308B9C

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

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