#309E96#309E96

#309E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E96
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -32.20, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.55, 188.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0964 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.097 188)
XYZ	xyz(18.9482, 27.2819, 33.1156)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E96 #9E3038

analogous

#309E5F #309E96 #306F9E

triadic

#309E96 #96309E #9E9630

tetradic

#309E96 #5F309E #9E3038 #6F9E30

square

#309E96 #5F309E #9E3038 #6F9E30

split-complementary

#309E96 #9E306F #9E5F30

monochromatic

#13403D #226F69 #309E96 #45C6BD #74D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#309E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#309E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E96

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E96	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbb4',
    500: '#309e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e96;
$custom-light: #79bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63669,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.27284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E96

secondary

#BD6D73

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E96

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

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