#308D9B#308D9B

#308D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.087 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308D9B
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -22.23, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 27.03, 214.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0762 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.087 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6577, 22.0428, 34.3808)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308D9B #9B3E30

analogous

#309B73 #308D9B #30589B

triadic

#308D9B #9B308D #8D9B30

tetradic

#308D9B #73309B #9B3E30 #589B30

square

#308D9B #73309B #9B3E30 #589B30

split-complementary

#308D9B #9B3058 #9B7330

monochromatic

#13383E #22626C #308D9B #43B4C5 #72C7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#308D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#308D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308D9B

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308D9B	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.087 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeb8',
    500: '#308d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308d9b;
$custom-light: #77aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.85,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.08735,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308D9B

secondary

#BB766C

accent

#5F4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308D9B

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

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