#205B56#205B56

#205B56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.061 H 187.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205B56
RGB	rgb(32, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -20.24, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 20.43, 187.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% -0.0605 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.061 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0157, 8.4605, 10.1183)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205B56 #5B2025

analogous

#205B39 #205B56 #20435B

triadic

#205B56 #56205B #5B5620

tetradic

#205B56 #39205B #5B2025 #435B20

square

#205B56 #39205B #5B2025 #435B20

split-complementary

#205B56 #5B2043 #5B3920

monochromatic

#081715 #102E2B #205B56 #308881 #40B6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#205B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#205B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205B56

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205B56	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.061 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638985',
    500: '#205b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205b56;
$custom-light: #638985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43153,
    "c": 0.06101,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205B56

secondary

#8F474D

accent

#505CD8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205B56

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

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