#205E50#205E50

#205E50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.067 H 175.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E50
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, -23.57, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 23.67, 174.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% -0.0672 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.067 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0456, 8.8910, 8.9854)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E50 #5E202E

analogous

#205E31 #205E50 #204D5E

triadic

#205E50 #50205E #5E5020

tetradic

#205E50 #31205E #5E202E #4D5E20

square

#205E50 #31205E #5E202E #4D5E20

split-complementary

#205E50 #5E204D #5E3120

monochromatic

#081713 #103029 #205E50 #308C77 #3FB99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#205E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#205E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E50

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E50	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.067 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#638c81',
    500: '#205e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e50;
$custom-light: #638c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43782,
    "c": 0.06745,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E50

secondary

#924758

accent

#4F6ED9

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E50

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

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