#308BB9#308BB9

#308BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.109 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BB9
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -11.13, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 33.60, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0625 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.109 235)
XYZ	xyz(19.2050, 22.5942, 49.2385)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BB9 #B95E30

analogous

#30B9A2 #308BB9 #3046B9

triadic

#308BB9 #B9308B #8BB930

tetradic

#308BB9 #A230B9 #B95E30 #46B930

square

#308BB9 #A230B9 #B95E30 #46B930

split-complementary

#308BB9 #B93046 #B9A230

monochromatic

#174258 #236688 #308BB9 #54A8D3 #84C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#308BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#308BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BB9

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BB9	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.109 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacce',
    500: '#308bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308bb9;
$custom-light: #7bacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.22596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BB9

secondary

#C9967C

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BB9

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

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