#309B8E#309B8E

#309B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.097 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309B8E
RGB	rgb(48, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -33.04, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 33.10, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.097 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.097 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8204, 26.0220, 29.6695)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309B8E #9B303D

analogous

#309B58 #309B8E #30739B

triadic

#309B8E #8E309B #9B8E30

tetradic

#309B8E #58309B #9B303D #739B30

square

#309B8E #58309B #9B303D #739B30

split-complementary

#309B8E #9B3073 #9B5830

monochromatic

#133E38 #226C63 #309B8E #43C5B5 #72D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#309B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#309B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309B8E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309B8E	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.097 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9af',
    500: '#309b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309b8e;
$custom-light: #78b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62635,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309B8E

secondary

#BB6C75

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309B8E

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

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