#308D9E#308D9E

#308D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.088 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308D9E
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -21.27, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 27.19, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0749 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.089 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9127, 22.1448, 35.7242)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308D9E #9E4130

analogous

#309E78 #308D9E #30569E

triadic

#308D9E #9E308D #8D9E30

tetradic

#308D9E #78309E #9E4130 #569E30

square

#308D9E #78309E #9E4130 #569E30

split-complementary

#308D9E #9E3056 #9E7830

monochromatic

#133940 #22636F #308D9E #45B2C6 #74C6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#308D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#308D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308D9E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308D9E	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.088 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeba',
    500: '#308d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308d9e;
$custom-light: #77aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.273,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59667,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308D9E

secondary

#BD796D

accent

#624BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308D9E

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

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