#308DAE#308DAE

#308DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.098 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308DAE
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -16.01, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 29.85, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0685 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.098 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3807, 22.7320, 43.4552)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308DAE #AE5130

analogous

#30AE90 #308DAE #304EAE

triadic

#308DAE #AE308D #8DAE30

tetradic

#308DAE #9030AE #AE5130 #4EAE30

square

#308DAE #9030AE #AE5130 #4EAE30

split-complementary

#308DAE #AE304E #AE9030

monochromatic

#163F4E #23667E #308DAE #4DACCE #7DC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#308DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#308DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308DAE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308DAE	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.098 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec6',
    500: '#308dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308dae;
$custom-light: #79aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60364,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308DAE

secondary

#C48A76

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308DAE

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

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