#308C9D#308C9D

#308C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308C9D
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -21.07, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 27.00, 218.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0743 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.088 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6802, 21.8170, 35.2238)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308C9D #9D4130

analogous

#309D78 #308C9D #30559D

triadic

#308C9D #9D308C #8C9D30

tetradic

#308C9D #78309D #9D4130 #559D30

square

#308C9D #78309D #9D4130 #559D30

split-complementary

#308C9D #9D3055 #9D7830

monochromatic

#13383F #22626E #308C9D #44B2C6 #73C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#308C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#308C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308C9D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308C9D	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeba',
    500: '#308c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308c9d;
$custom-light: #77aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59374,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308C9D

secondary

#BC796D

accent

#624BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308C9D

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

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