#308E9F#308E9F

#308E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308E9F
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -21.48, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 27.38, 218.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0755 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.089 212)
XYZ	xyz(17.1473, 22.4756, 36.2287)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308E9F #9F4130

analogous

#309F78 #308E9F #30569F

triadic

#308E9F #9F308E #8E9F30

tetradic

#308E9F #78309F #9F4130 #569F30

square

#308E9F #78309F #9F4130 #569F30

split-complementary

#308E9F #9F3056 #9F7830

monochromatic

#143A41 #226470 #308E9F #45B3C7 #74C6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#308E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#308E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308E9F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308E9F	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afbb',
    500: '#308e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308e9f;
$custom-light: #78afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.189,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59959,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.22478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308E9F

secondary

#BD7A6E

accent

#614BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308E9F

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

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