#309A8E#309A8E

#309A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.096 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309A8E
RGB	rgb(48, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -32.57, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 32.66, 184.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0959 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.096 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6547, 25.6906, 29.6143)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309A8E #9A303C

analogous

#309A59 #309A8E #30719A

triadic

#309A8E #8E309A #9A8E30

tetradic

#309A8E #59309A #9A303C #719A30

square

#309A8E #59309A #9A303C #719A30

split-complementary

#309A8E #9A3071 #9A5930

monochromatic

#133D38 #216B63 #309A8E #43C4B6 #72D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#309A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#309A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309A8E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309A8E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.096 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8af',
    500: '#309a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309a8e;
$custom-light: #77b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62378,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309A8E

secondary

#BB6B74

accent

#4C5CDC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309A8E

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

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