#309D9F#309D9F

#309D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309D9F
RGB	rgb(48, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -29.08, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 30.73, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0913 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5311, 27.2433, 37.0233)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309D9F #9F3230

analogous

#309F69 #309D9F #30659F

triadic

#309D9F #9F309D #9D9F30

tetradic

#309D9F #69309F #9F3230 #659F30

square

#309D9F #69309F #9F3230 #659F30

split-complementary

#309D9F #9F3065 #9F6930

monochromatic

#144041 #226F70 #309D9F #45C5C7 #74D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#309D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#309D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309D9F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309D9F	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8289A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79babb',
    500: '#309d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309d9f;
$custom-light: #79babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309D9F

secondary

#BD6F6E

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #309D9F

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

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