#205B8E#205B8E

#205B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.103 H 248.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205B8E
RGB	rgb(32, 91, 142)
HSL	hsl(208, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(208, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, -0.34, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 33.60, 269.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% -0.0378 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.103 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2174, 9.7412, 26.9804)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205B8E #8E5320

analogous

#208E8A #205B8E #20248E

triadic

#205B8E #8E205B #5B8E20

tetradic

#205B8E #8A208E #8E5320 #248E20

square

#205B8E #8A208E #8E5320 #248E20

split-complementary

#205B8E #8E2024 #8E8A20

monochromatic

#091B2A #153B5C #205B8E #2B7BC0 #5199D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#205B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#205B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205B8E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205B8E	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 91, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.103 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89af',
    500: '#205b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205b8e;
$custom-light: #6c89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45915,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205B8E

secondary

#BB814F

accent

#8E42E6

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #205B8E

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

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