#308BAB#308BAB

#308BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BAB
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -15.93, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 29.31, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0676 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.097 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7992, 22.0319, 41.8347)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BAB #AB5030

analogous

#30AB8D #308BAB #304DAB

triadic

#308BAB #AB308B #8BAB30

tetradic

#308BAB #8D30AB #AB5030 #4DAB30

square

#308BAB #8D30AB #AB5030 #4DAB30

split-complementary

#308BAB #AB304D #AB8D30

monochromatic

#153D4B #23647B #308BAB #4CABCD #7BC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#308BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#308BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BAB

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BAB	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc4',
    500: '#308bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308bab;
$custom-light: #79adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59736,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BAB

secondary

#C38974

accent

#7048DF

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BAB

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

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