#308E9B#308E9B

#308E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.088 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E9B
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -22.75, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 27.19, 213.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0772 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.088 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8058, 22.3390, 34.4301)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E9B #9B3D30

analogous

#309B73 #308E9B #30589B

triadic

#308E9B #9B308E #8E9B30

tetradic

#308E9B #73309B #9B3D30 #589B30

square

#308E9B #73309B #9B3D30 #589B30

split-complementary

#308E9B #9B3058 #9B7330

monochromatic

#13383E #22636C #308E9B #43B5C5 #72C8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#308E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#308E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E9B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E9B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.088 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afb8',
    500: '#308e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e9b;
$custom-light: #77afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.29,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59796,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E9B

secondary

#BB756C

accent

#5D4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E9B

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

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