#309E89#309E89

#309E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E89
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -35.80, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 35.86, 176.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.1025 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.103 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9589, 26.8862, 27.9051)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E89 #9E3045

analogous

#309E52 #309E89 #307C9E

triadic

#309E89 #89309E #9E8930

tetradic

#309E89 #52309E #9E3045 #7C9E30

square

#309E89 #52309E #9E3045 #7C9E30

split-complementary

#309E89 #9E307C #9E5230

monochromatic

#134038 #226F60 #309E89 #45C6AE #74D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#309E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#309E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E89

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E89	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbab',
    500: '#309e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e89;
$custom-light: #78bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.545,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E89

secondary

#BD6D7C

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E89

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

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