#308C8B#308C8B

#308C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.085 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308C8B
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -26.63, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 27.64, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0822 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.085 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2551, 21.2469, 27.7182)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308C8B #8C3031

analogous

#308C5D #308C8B #305F8C

triadic

#308C8B #8B308C #8C8B30

tetradic

#308C8B #5D308C #8C3031 #5F8C30

square

#308C8B #5D308C #8C3031 #5F8C30

split-complementary

#308C8B #8C305F #8C5D30

monochromatic

#113131 #205E5E #308C8B #40BAB8 #6ACCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#308C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#308C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308C8B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308C8B	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.085 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeac',
    500: '#308c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308c8b;
$custom-light: #75aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308C8B

secondary

#B36465

accent

#4F51D8

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308C8B

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

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