#308E8B#308E8B

#308E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.086 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E8B
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -27.63, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 28.37, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0844 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.086 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.5500, 21.8367, 27.8165)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E8B #8E3033

analogous

#308E5C #308E8B #30628E

triadic

#308E8B #8B308E #8E8B30

tetradic

#308E8B #5C308E #8E3033 #628E30

square

#308E8B #5C308E #8E3033 #628E30

split-complementary

#308E8B #8E3062 #8E5C30

monochromatic

#113331 #21605E #308E8B #3FBCB8 #6BCDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#308E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#308E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E8B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E8B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.086 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afac',
    500: '#308e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e8b;
$custom-light: #76afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.085,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5919,
    "c": 0.08631,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E8B

secondary

#B46568

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E8B

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

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