#309E98#309E98

#309E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E98
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -31.62, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 32.16, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0955 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.097 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1107, 27.3469, 33.9710)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E98 #9E3036

analogous

#309E61 #309E98 #306D9E

triadic

#309E98 #98309E #9E9830

tetradic

#309E98 #61309E #9E3036 #6D9E30

square

#309E98 #61309E #9E3036 #6D9E30

split-complementary

#309E98 #9E306D #9E6130

monochromatic

#13403E #226F6B #309E98 #45C6BF #74D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#309E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#309E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E98

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E98	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbb6',
    500: '#309e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e98;
$custom-light: #79bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E98

secondary

#BD6D72

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E98

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

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