#205D74#205D74

#205D74 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.072 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205D74
RGB	rgb(32, 93, 116)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, -11.33, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 21.86, 238.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% -0.049 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.072 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6611, 9.3959, 17.9294)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205D74 #743720

analogous

#207461 #205D74 #203374

triadic

#205D74 #74205D #5D7420

tetradic

#205D74 #612074 #743720 #337420

square

#205D74 #612074 #743720 #337420

split-complementary

#205D74 #742033 #746120

monochromatic

#071318 #133744 #205D74 #2D83A4 #43A6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#205D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#205D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205D74

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205D74	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 93, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.072 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678b9c',
    500: '#205d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205d74;
$custom-light: #678b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44989,
    "c": 0.07171,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205D74

secondary

#A86248

accent

#7148E0

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #205D74

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

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