#205A9E#205A9E

#205A9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.125 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205A9E
RGB	rgb(32, 90, 158)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(212, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 43%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 6.56, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 42.74, 278.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% -0.0328 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.125 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4211, 10.0868, 33.7388)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205A9E #9E6420

analogous

#20999E #205A9E #25209E

triadic

#205A9E #9E205A #5A9E20

tetradic

#205A9E #9E2099 #9E6420 #209E25

square

#205A9E #9E2099 #9E6420 #209E25

split-complementary

#205A9E #9E2520 #999E20

monochromatic

#0B2038 #163D6B #205A9E #2A77D1 #5B97DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#205A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#205A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205A9E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205A9E	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3860A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21549D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 90, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.125 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7088bb',
    500: '#205a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205a9e;
$custom-light: #7088bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.381,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46705,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205A9E

secondary

#C29158

accent

#9B3FE9

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #205A9E

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

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