#308DAB#308DAB

#308DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308DAB
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -17.02, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 29.14, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0696 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0915, 22.6163, 41.9321)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308DAB #AB4E30

analogous

#30AB8B #308DAB #3050AB

triadic

#308DAB #AB308D #8DAB30

tetradic

#308DAB #8B30AB #AB4E30 #50AB30

square

#308DAB #8B30AB #AB4E30 #50AB30

split-complementary

#308DAB #AB3050 #AB8B30

monochromatic

#153E4B #23667B #308DAB #4CADCD #7BC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#308DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#308DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308DAB

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308DAB	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec4',
    500: '#308dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308dab;
$custom-light: #79aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60228,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308DAB

secondary

#C38774

accent

#6D48DF

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308DAB

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

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