#308DAD#308DAD

#308DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308DAD
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -16.35, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 29.60, 236.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0689 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.098 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2835, 22.6932, 42.9437)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308DAD #AD5030

analogous

#30AD8E #308DAD #304EAD

triadic

#308DAD #AD308D #8DAD30

tetradic

#308DAD #8E30AD #AD5030 #4EAD30

square

#308DAD #8E30AD #AD5030 #4EAD30

split-complementary

#308DAD #AD304E #AD8E30

monochromatic

#153F4D #23667D #308DAD #4DADCE #7DC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#308DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#308DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308DAD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308DAD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec5',
    500: '#308dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308dad;
$custom-light: #79aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.36,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60318,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308DAD

secondary

#C38975

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308DAD

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

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