#309E9C#309E9C

#309E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.096 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#309E9C
RGB	rgb(48, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -30.46, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.47, 194.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0937 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.096 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4438, 27.4801, 35.7255)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#309E9C #9E3032

analogous

#309E65 #309E9C #30699E

triadic

#309E9C #9C309E #9E9C30

tetradic

#309E9C #65309E #9E3032 #699E30

square

#309E9C #65309E #9E3032 #699E30

split-complementary

#309E9C #9E3069 #9E6530

monochromatic

#13403F #226F6E #309E9C #45C6C4 #74D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#309E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#309E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #309E9C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##309E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##309E9C	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #309e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(48, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.096 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbb9',
    500: '#309e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #309e9c;
$custom-light: #79bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#309e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 48,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#309E9C

secondary

#BD6D6F

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #309E9C

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

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