#309D8E#309D8E

#309D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.099 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309D8E
RGB	rgb(48, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -33.98, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 33.99, 181.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0991 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.099 182)
XYZ	xyz(18.1561, 26.6932, 29.7814)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309D8E #9D303F

analogous

#309D57 #309D8E #30769D

triadic

#309D8E #8E309D #9D8E30

tetradic

#309D8E #57309D #9D303F #769D30

square

#309D8E #57309D #9D303F #769D30

split-complementary

#309D8E #9D3076 #9D5730

monochromatic

#133F39 #226E64 #309D8E #44C6B4 #73D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#309D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#309D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309D8E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309D8E	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.099 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78baaf',
    500: '#309d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309d8e;
$custom-light: #78baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63149,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.26695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309D8E

secondary

#BC6D78

accent

#4B5FDD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309D8E

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

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