#309C96#309C96

#309C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.096 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309C96
RGB	rgb(48, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -31.24, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 31.76, 190.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0943 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.096 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6099, 26.6052, 33.0028)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309C96 #9C3036

analogous

#309C60 #309C96 #306C9C

triadic

#309C96 #96309C #9C9630

tetradic

#309C96 #60309C #9C3036 #6C9C30

square

#309C96 #60309C #9C3036 #6C9C30

split-complementary

#309C96 #9C306C #9C6030

monochromatic

#133E3C #226D69 #309C96 #44C5BE #73D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#309C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#309C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309C96

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309C96	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.096 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9b4',
    500: '#309c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309c96;
$custom-light: #78b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309C96

secondary

#BC6C71

accent

#4B53DC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #309C96

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

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