#205E57#205E57

#205E57 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.064 H 184.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E57
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 7.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, -21.53, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 21.61, 184.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0636 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.064 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3179, 8.9999, 10.4192)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E57 #5E2027

analogous

#205E38 #205E57 #20465E

triadic

#205E57 #57205E #5E5720

tetradic

#205E57 #38205E #5E2027 #465E20

square

#205E57 #38205E #5E2027 #465E20

split-complementary

#205E57 #5E2046 #5E3820

monochromatic

#081715 #10302D #205E57 #308C81 #3FB9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#205E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#205E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E57

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E57	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.064 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c86',
    500: '#205e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e57;
$custom-light: #648c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44023,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E57

secondary

#924750

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E57

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

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