#308BAE#308BAE

#308BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BAE
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -14.91, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 30.09, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0664 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.099 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0884, 22.1475, 43.3578)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BAE #AE5330

analogous

#30AE92 #308BAE #304CAE

triadic

#308BAE #AE308B #8BAE30

tetradic

#308BAE #9230AE #AE5330 #4CAE30

square

#308BAE #9230AE #AE5330 #4CAE30

split-complementary

#308BAE #AE304C #AE9230

monochromatic

#163E4E #23657E #308BAE #4DAACE #7DC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#308BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#308BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BAE	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc6',
    500: '#308bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308bae;
$custom-light: #79adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59874,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BAE

secondary

#C48C76

accent

#7248E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BAE

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

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