#205B59#205B59

#205B59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.060 H 192.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205B59
RGB	rgb(32, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -19.31, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 19.84, 193.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.059 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.06 192)
XYZ	xyz(6.1391, 8.5099, 10.7683)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205B59 #5B2022

analogous

#205B3C #205B59 #20405B

triadic

#205B59 #59205B #5B5920

tetradic

#205B59 #3C205B #5B2022 #405B20

square

#205B59 #3C205B #5B2022 #405B20

split-complementary

#205B59 #5B2040 #5B3C20

monochromatic

#081716 #102E2D #205B59 #308885 #40B6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#205B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#205B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205B59

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205B59	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.060 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648987',
    500: '#205b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205b59;
$custom-light: #648987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43266,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.08511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205B59

secondary

#8F474A

accent

#5055D8

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205B59

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

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