#308BBD#308BBD

#308BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.113 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308BBD
RGB	rgb(48, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -9.74, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 35.08, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0611 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.113 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6332, 22.7654, 51.4937)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308BBD #BD6230

analogous

#30BDA9 #308BBD #3044BD

triadic

#308BBD #BD308B #8BBD30

tetradic

#308BBD #A930BD #BD6230 #44BD30

square

#308BBD #A930BD #BD6230 #44BD30

split-complementary

#308BBD #BD3044 #BDA930

monochromatic

#17435B #24678C #308BBD #56A7D4 #87C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#308BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#308BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308BBD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308BBD	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.113 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacd1',
    500: '#308bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308bbd;
$custom-light: #7cacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60603,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308BBD

secondary

#CA997F

accent

#7D45E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308BBD

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

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