#309B96#309B96

#309B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309B96
RGB	rgb(48, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -30.76, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 31.38, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0933 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.095 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4428, 26.2710, 32.9471)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309B96 #9B3035

analogous

#309B60 #309B96 #306B9B

triadic

#309B96 #96309B #9B9630

tetradic

#309B96 #60309B #9B3035 #6B9B30

square

#309B96 #60309B #9B3035 #6B9B30

split-complementary

#309B96 #9B306B #9B6030

monochromatic

#133E3C #226C69 #309B96 #43C5BF #72D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#309B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#309B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309B96

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309B96	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9b4',
    500: '#309b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309b96;
$custom-light: #78b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309B96

secondary

#BB6C6F

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #309B96

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

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