#205B53#205B53

#205B53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.062 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205B53
RGB	rgb(32, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, -21.15, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 21.17, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.062 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.062 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8974, 8.4132, 9.4950)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205B53 #5B2028

analogous

#205B36 #205B53 #20465B

triadic

#205B53 #53205B #5B5320

tetradic

#205B53 #36205B #5B2028 #465B20

square

#205B53 #36205B #5B2028 #465B20

split-complementary

#205B53 #5B2046 #5B3620

monochromatic

#081715 #102E2A #205B53 #30887C #40B6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#205B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#205B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205B53

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205B53	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.062 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638a83',
    500: '#205b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205b53;
$custom-light: #638a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43044,
    "c": 0.06211,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205B53

secondary

#8F4751

accent

#5063D8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205B53

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

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