#309E79#309E79

#309E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.114 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E79
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -39.87, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 41.23, 165.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1103 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.114 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8951, 26.4607, 22.3025)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E79 #9E3055

analogous

#309E42 #309E79 #308C9E

triadic

#309E79 #79309E #9E7930

tetradic

#309E79 #42309E #9E3055 #8C9E30

square

#309E79 #42309E #9E3055 #8C9E30

split-complementary

#309E79 #9E308C #9E4230

monochromatic

#134031 #226F55 #309E79 #45C69B #74D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#309E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#309E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E79

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E79	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.114 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bb9f',
    500: '#309e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e79;
$custom-light: #77bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.818,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E79

secondary

#BD6D88

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E79

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

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