#309E97#309E97

#309E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E97
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -31.91, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 32.35, 189.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0959 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.097 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0291, 27.3143, 33.5414)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E97 #9E3037

analogous

#309E60 #309E97 #306E9E

triadic

#309E97 #97309E #9E9730

tetradic

#309E97 #60309E #9E3037 #6E9E30

square

#309E97 #60309E #9E3037 #6E9E30

split-complementary

#309E97 #9E306E #9E6030

monochromatic

#13403D #226F6A #309E97 #45C6BE #74D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#309E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#309E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E97

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E97	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)

#959697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbb5',
    500: '#309e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e97;
$custom-light: #79bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63703,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E97

secondary

#BD6D72

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E97

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

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