#308EAB#308EAB

#308EAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.096 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308EAB
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -17.56, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 29.08, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0707 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.096 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2396, 22.9126, 41.9815)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308EAB #AB4D30

analogous

#30AB8A #308EAB #3051AB

triadic

#308EAB #AB308E #8EAB30

tetradic

#308EAB #8A30AB #AB4D30 #51AB30

square

#308EAB #8A30AB #AB4D30 #51AB30

split-complementary

#308EAB #AB3051 #AB8A30

monochromatic

#153F4B #23667B #308EAB #4CAECD #7BC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#308EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#308EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308EAB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308EAB	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.096 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc4',
    500: '#308eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308eab;
$custom-light: #79afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60474,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308EAB

secondary

#C38774

accent

#6C48DF

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #308EAB

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

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