#308F9F#308F9F

#308F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.089 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#308F9F
RGB	rgb(48, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -22.00, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 27.51, 216.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0766 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.089 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2967, 22.7745, 36.2785)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#308F9F #9F4030

analogous

#309F77 #308F9F #30579F

triadic

#308F9F #9F308F #8F9F30

tetradic

#308F9F #77309F #9F4030 #579F30

square

#308F9F #77309F #9F4030 #579F30

split-complementary

#308F9F #9F3057 #9F7730

monochromatic

#143A41 #226570 #308F9F #45B4C7 #74C7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#308F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#308F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #308F9F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##308F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##308F9F	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #308f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.089 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0bb',
    500: '#308f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #308f9f;
$custom-light: #78b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#308f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.649,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60209,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#308F9F

secondary

#BD796E

accent

#604BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #308F9F

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

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