#205E53#205E53

#205E53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.066 H 179.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E53
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(169, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -22.71, 0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 22.72, 178.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0657 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.066 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1590, 8.9364, 9.5822)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E53 #5E202B

analogous

#205E34 #205E53 #204A5E

triadic

#205E53 #53205E #5E5320

tetradic

#205E53 #34205E #5E202B #4A5E20

square

#205E53 #34205E #5E202B #4A5E20

split-complementary

#205E53 #5E204A #5E3420

monochromatic

#081714 #10302B #205E53 #308C7B #3FB9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#205E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#205E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E53

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E53	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.066 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c83',
    500: '#205e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e53;
$custom-light: #648c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43883,
    "c": 0.06568,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E53

secondary

#924755

accent

#4F67D9

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E53

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

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