#308E9D#308E9D

#308E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.088 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E9D
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -22.11, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 27.26, 215.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0764 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.088 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9751, 22.4068, 35.3221)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E9D #9D3F30

analogous

#309D76 #308E9D #30579D

triadic

#308E9D #9D308E #8E9D30

tetradic

#308E9D #76309D #9D3F30 #579D30

square

#308E9D #76309D #9D3F30 #579D30

split-complementary

#308E9D #9D3057 #9D7630

monochromatic

#13393F #22646E #308E9D #44B4C6 #73C7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#308E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#308E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E9D

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E9D	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	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)

#81899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.088 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afba',
    500: '#308e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e9d;
$custom-light: #77afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.257,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59877,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E9D

secondary

#BC786D

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E9D

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

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