#309C8E#309C8E

#309C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309C8E
RGB	rgb(48, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -33.51, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 33.54, 182.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.098 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.098 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9876, 26.3563, 29.7252)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309C8E #9C303E

analogous

#309C58 #309C8E #30749C

triadic

#309C8E #8E309C #9C8E30

tetradic

#309C8E #58309C #9C303E #749C30

square

#309C8E #58309C #9C303E #749C30

split-complementary

#309C8E #9C3074 #9C5830

monochromatic

#133E39 #226D63 #309C8E #44C5B5 #73D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#309C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#309C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309C8E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309C8E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78baaf',
    500: '#309c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309c8e;
$custom-light: #78baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62892,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309C8E

secondary

#BC6C77

accent

#4B5EDC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309C8E

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

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