#308DB8#308DB8

#308DB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.107 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308DB8
RGB	rgb(48, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -12.60, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 32.78, 247.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0648 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.107 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3921, 23.1366, 48.7819)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308DB8 #B85B30

analogous

#30B89F #308DB8 #3049B8

triadic

#308DB8 #B8308D #8DB830

tetradic

#308DB8 #9F30B8 #B85B30 #49B830

square

#308DB8 #9F30B8 #B85B30 #49B830

split-complementary

#308DB8 #B83049 #B89F30

monochromatic

#174357 #236887 #308DB8 #53AAD2 #84C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#308DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#308DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308DB8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308DB8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.107 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baecd',
    500: '#308db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308db8;
$custom-light: #7baecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.971,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60835,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308DB8

secondary

#C8947C

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308DB8

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

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