#309E8A#309E8A

#309E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E8A
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -35.53, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 35.56, 177.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.1021 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.102 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0310, 26.9150, 28.2847)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E8A #9E3044

analogous

#309E53 #309E8A #307B9E

triadic

#309E8A #8A309E #9E8A30

tetradic

#309E8A #53309E #9E3044 #7B9E30

square

#309E8A #53309E #9E3044 #7B9E30

split-complementary

#309E8A #9E307B #9E5330

monochromatic

#134038 #226F61 #309E8A #45C6AF #74D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#309E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#309E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E8A	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)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbac',
    500: '#309e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e8a;
$custom-light: #78bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63281,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E8A

secondary

#BD6D7C

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E8A

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

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