#308BA8#308BA8

#308BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BA8
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -16.93, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 28.61, 233.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0687 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.094 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5165, 21.9188, 40.3458)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BA8 #A84D30

analogous

#30A889 #308BA8 #304FA8

triadic

#308BA8 #A8308B #8BA830

tetradic

#308BA8 #8930A8 #A84D30 #4FA830

square

#308BA8 #8930A8 #A84D30 #4FA830

split-complementary

#308BA8 #A8304F #A88930

monochromatic

#153C49 #226478 #308BA8 #4AACCB #7AC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#308BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#308BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BA8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BA8	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#308ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ba8;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.596,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BA8

secondary

#C18673

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BA8

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

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