#308CA8#308CA8

#308CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308CA8
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, -17.47, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 28.56, 232.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0698 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.094 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6620, 22.2097, 40.3943)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308CA8 #A84C30

analogous

#30A888 #308CA8 #3050A8

triadic

#308CA8 #A8308C #8CA830

tetradic

#308CA8 #8830A8 #A84C30 #50A830

square

#308CA8 #8830A8 #A84C30 #50A830

split-complementary

#308CA8 #A83050 #A88830

monochromatic

#153D49 #226478 #308CA8 #4AADCB #7AC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#308CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#308CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308CA8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308CA8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc2',
    500: '#308ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ca8;
$custom-light: #79adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308CA8

secondary

#C18573

accent

#6C49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308CA8

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

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