#308CA9#308CA9

#308CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308CA9
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, -17.14, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 28.77, 233.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0694 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.095 223)
XYZ	xyz(17.7555, 22.2471, 40.8868)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308CA9 #A94D30

analogous

#30A989 #308CA9 #3050A9

triadic

#308CA9 #A9308C #8CA930

tetradic

#308CA9 #8930A9 #A94D30 #50A930

square

#308CA9 #8930A9 #A94D30 #50A930

split-complementary

#308CA9 #A93050 #A98930

monochromatic

#153D4A #226579 #308CA9 #4AADCC #7AC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#308CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#308CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308CA9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308CA9	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc2',
    500: '#308ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ca9;
$custom-light: #79adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.22249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308CA9

secondary

#C28673

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308CA9

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

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