#308D8B#308D8B

#308D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.086 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308D8B
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -27.13, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 28.00, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0833 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.086 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.4019, 21.5405, 27.7671)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308D8B #8D3032

analogous

#308D5D #308D8B #30608D

triadic

#308D8B #8B308D #8D8B30

tetradic

#308D8B #5D308D #8D3032 #608D30

square

#308D8B #5D308D #8D3032 #608D30

split-complementary

#308D8B #8D3060 #8D5D30

monochromatic

#113231 #205F5E #308D8B #40BBB8 #6BCDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#308D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#308D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308D8B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308D8B	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.086 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeac',
    500: '#308d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308d8b;
$custom-light: #75aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58932,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308D8B

secondary

#B46567

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308D8B

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

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