#205A56#205A56

#205A56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.060 H 188.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205A56
RGB	rgb(32, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(176, 64%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -19.70, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 19.98, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0593 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.06 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9308, 8.2907, 10.0900)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205A56 #5A2024

analogous

#205A39 #205A56 #20415A

triadic

#205A56 #56205A #5A5620

tetradic

#205A56 #39205A #5A2024 #415A20

square

#205A56 #39205A #5A2024 #415A20

split-complementary

#205A56 #5A2041 #5A3920

monochromatic

#081716 #102D2B #205A56 #308781 #40B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#205A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#205A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205A56

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205A56	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.060 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638985',
    500: '#205a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205a56;
$custom-light: #638985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42875,
    "c": 0.06,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205A56

secondary

#8E474C

accent

#515AD7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205A56

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

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