#205E56#205E56

#205E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.064 H 183.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E56
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(172, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, -21.83, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 21.86, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.0641 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.064 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2773, 8.9837, 10.2055)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E56 #5E2028

analogous

#205E37 #205E56 #20475E

triadic

#205E56 #56205E #5E5620

tetradic

#205E56 #37205E #5E2028 #475E20

square

#205E56 #37205E #5E2028 #475E20

split-complementary

#205E56 #5E2047 #5E3720

monochromatic

#081715 #10302C #205E56 #308C80 #3FB9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#205E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#205E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E56

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E56	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.064 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c85',
    500: '#205e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e56;
$custom-light: #648c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43988,
    "c": 0.06424,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E56

secondary

#924751

accent

#4F61D9

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E56

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

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