#308E9C#308E9C

#308E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.088 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E9C
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -22.43, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 27.22, 214.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0768 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.088 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8901, 22.3728, 34.8743)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E9C #9C3E30

analogous

#309C74 #308E9C #30589C

triadic

#308E9C #9C308E #8E9C30

tetradic

#308E9C #74309C #9C3E30 #589C30

square

#308E9C #74309C #9C3E30 #589C30

split-complementary

#308E9C #9C3058 #9C7430

monochromatic

#13393E #22636D #308E9C #44B5C5 #73C7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#308E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#308E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E9C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E9C	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.088 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afb9',
    500: '#308e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e9c;
$custom-light: #77afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59836,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E9C

secondary

#BC776C

accent

#5E4BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E9C

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

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