#308EAE#308EAE

#308EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.098 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308EAE
RGB	rgb(48, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -16.55, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 29.75, 236.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0695 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.098 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5288, 23.0282, 43.5046)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308EAE #AE5030

analogous

#30AE8F #308EAE #304FAE

triadic

#308EAE #AE308E #8EAE30

tetradic

#308EAE #8F30AE #AE5030 #4FAE30

square

#308EAE #8F30AE #AE5030 #4FAE30

split-complementary

#308EAE #AE304F #AE8F30

monochromatic

#16404E #23677E #308EAE #4DADCE #7DC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#308EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#308EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308EAE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308EAE	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.098 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafc6',
    500: '#308eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308eae;
$custom-light: #7aafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60609,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308EAE

secondary

#C48A76

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #308EAE

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

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