#205A57#205A57

#205A57 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.060 H 190.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205A57
RGB	rgb(32, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -19.39, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 19.78, 191.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0588 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.06 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9714, 8.3069, 10.3037)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205A57 #5A2023

analogous

#205A3A #205A57 #20405A

triadic

#205A57 #57205A #5A5720

tetradic

#205A57 #3A205A #5A2023 #405A20

square

#205A57 #3A205A #5A2023 #405A20

split-complementary

#205A57 #5A2040 #5A3A20

monochromatic

#081716 #102D2B #205A57 #308783 #40B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#205A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#205A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205A57

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205A57	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.060 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638986',
    500: '#205a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205a57;
$custom-light: #638986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42912,
    "c": 0.05977,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205A57

secondary

#8E474B

accent

#5158D7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205A57

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

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