#309A8B#309A8B

#309A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.097 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309A8B
RGB	rgb(48, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -33.41, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 33.42, 181.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0973 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.097 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4325, 25.6017, 28.4440)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309A8B #9A303F

analogous

#309A56 #309A8B #30749A

triadic

#309A8B #8B309A #9A8B30

tetradic

#309A8B #56309A #9A303F #749A30

square

#309A8B #56309A #9A303F #749A30

split-complementary

#309A8B #9A3074 #9A5630

monochromatic

#133D37 #216B61 #309A8B #43C4B2 #72D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#309A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#309A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309A8B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309A8B	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.097 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8ac',
    500: '#309a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309a8b;
$custom-light: #77b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309A8B

secondary

#BB6B76

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309A8B

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

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