#308BAD#308BAD

#308BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.098 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BAD
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -15.25, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 29.82, 239.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0668 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.098 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9913, 22.1087, 42.8463)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BAD #AD5230

analogous

#30AD90 #308BAD #304CAD

triadic

#308BAD #AD308B #8BAD30

tetradic

#308BAD #9030AD #AD5230 #4CAD30

square

#308BAD #9030AD #AD5230 #4CAD30

split-complementary

#308BAD #AD304C #AD9030

monochromatic

#153E4D #23657D #308BAD #4DAACE #7DC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#308BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#308BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BAD

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BAD	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.098 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc5',
    500: '#308bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308bad;
$custom-light: #79adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59828,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BAD

secondary

#C38B75

accent

#7148E0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →