#309BAE#309BAE

#309BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.098 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309BAE
RGB	rgb(48, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -23.43, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 29.92, 218.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0827 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.098 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5770, 27.1247, 44.1873)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309BAE #AE4330

analogous

#30AE82 #309BAE #305CAE

triadic

#309BAE #AE309B #9BAE30

tetradic

#309BAE #8230AE #AE4330 #5CAE30

square

#309BAE #8230AE #AE4330 #5CAE30

split-complementary

#309BAE #AE305C #AE8230

monochromatic

#16464E #23707E #309BAE #4DBBCE #7DCDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#309BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#309BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309BAE

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309BAE	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.098 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8c6',
    500: '#309bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309bae;
$custom-light: #7bb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63813,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309BAE

secondary

#C48276

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #309BAE

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

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