#308CAE#308CAE

#308CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308CAE
RGB	rgb(48, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -15.46, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 29.96, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0675 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.099 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2339, 22.4384, 43.4063)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308CAE #AE5230

analogous

#30AE91 #308CAE #304DAE

triadic

#308CAE #AE308C #8CAE30

tetradic

#308CAE #9130AE #AE5230 #4DAE30

square

#308CAE #9130AE #AE5230 #4DAE30

split-complementary

#308CAE #AE304D #AE9130

monochromatic

#163F4E #23657E #308CAE #4DABCE #7DC2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#308CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#308CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308CAE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308CAE	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc6',
    500: '#308cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308cae;
$custom-light: #79adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60119,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308CAE

secondary

#C48B76

accent

#7148E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308CAE

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

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