#309B8B#309B8B

#309B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309B8B
RGB	rgb(48, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -33.87, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 33.87, 180.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0984 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.098 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5982, 25.9332, 28.4992)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309B8B #9B3040

analogous

#309B56 #309B8B #30769B

triadic

#309B8B #8B309B #9B8B30

tetradic

#309B8B #56309B #9B3040 #769B30

square

#309B8B #56309B #9B3040 #769B30

split-complementary

#309B8B #9B3076 #9B5630

monochromatic

#133E37 #226C61 #309B8B #43C5B2 #72D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#309B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#309B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309B8B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309B8B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9ac',
    500: '#309b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309b8b;
$custom-light: #77b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62539,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309B8B

secondary

#BB6C78

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309B8B

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

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