#308C8E#308C8E

#308C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.085 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308C8E
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -25.73, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 27.26, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0808 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.085 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4773, 21.3358, 28.8885)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308C8E #8E3230

analogous

#308E61 #308C8E #305D8E

triadic

#308C8E #8E308C #8C8E30

tetradic

#308C8E #61308E #8E3230 #5D8E30

square

#308C8E #61308E #8E3230 #5D8E30

split-complementary

#308C8E #8E305D #8E6130

monochromatic

#113233 #215F60 #308C8E #3FB9BC #6BCBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#308C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#308C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308C8E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308C8E	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.085 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeaf',
    500: '#308c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308c8e;
$custom-light: #76aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58785,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308C8E

secondary

#B46765

accent

#524FD9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308C8E

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

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