#308BA9#308BA9

#308BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.095 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BA9
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -16.60, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 28.83, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0684 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.095 224)
XYZ	xyz(17.6100, 21.9562, 40.8383)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BA9 #A94E30

analogous

#30A98A #308BA9 #304FA9

triadic

#308BA9 #A9308B #8BA930

tetradic

#308BA9 #8A30A9 #A94E30 #4FA930

square

#308BA9 #8A30A9 #A94E30 #4FA930

split-complementary

#308BA9 #A9304F #A98A30

monochromatic

#153D4A #226479 #308BA9 #4AACCC #7AC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#308BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#308BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BA9

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BA9	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.095 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc2',
    500: '#308ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ba9;
$custom-light: #79adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.876,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59645,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.21958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BA9

secondary

#C28773

accent

#6E49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BA9

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

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