#308BA5#308BA5

#308BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.092 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BA5
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -17.93, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 28.01, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0699 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.092 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2403, 21.8083, 38.8908)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BA5 #A54A30

analogous

#30A585 #308BA5 #3051A5

triadic

#308BA5 #A5308B #8BA530

tetradic

#308BA5 #8530A5 #A54A30 #51A530

square

#308BA5 #8530A5 #A54A30 #51A530

split-complementary

#308BA5 #A53051 #A58530

monochromatic

#143B46 #226376 #308BA5 #48ADCA #78C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#308BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#308BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BA5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BA5	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.092 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adbf',
    500: '#308ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ba5;
$custom-light: #78adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59467,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BA5

secondary

#C08271

accent

#6B4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BA5

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

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