#308EAD#308EAD

#308EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.097 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308EAD
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -16.89, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 29.52, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0699 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.097 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4317, 22.9894, 42.9931)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308EAD #AD4F30

analogous

#30AD8D #308EAD #304FAD

triadic

#308EAD #AD308E #8EAD30

tetradic

#308EAD #8D30AD #AD4F30 #4FAD30

square

#308EAD #8D30AD #AD4F30 #4FAD30

split-complementary

#308EAD #AD304F #AD8D30

monochromatic

#153F4D #23677D #308EAD #4DAECE #7DC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#308EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#308EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308EAD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308EAD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.097 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc5',
    500: '#308ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308ead;
$custom-light: #79afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60564,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308EAD

secondary

#C38975

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308EAD

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

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