#308E8A#308E8A

#308E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.086 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E8A
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -27.92, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 28.54, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0849 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.086 191)
XYZ	xyz(15.4773, 21.8076, 27.4334)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E8A #8E3034

analogous

#308E5B #308E8A #30638E

triadic

#308E8A #8A308E #8E8A30

tetradic

#308E8A #5B308E #8E3034 #638E30

square

#308E8A #5B308E #8E3034 #638E30

split-complementary

#308E8A #8E3063 #8E5B30

monochromatic

#113331 #21605E #308E8A #3FBCB6 #6BCDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#308E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#308E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E8A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E8A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.086 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afac',
    500: '#308e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e8a;
$custom-light: #75afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59154,
    "c": 0.08647,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.21809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E8A

secondary

#B46569

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E8A

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

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