#205E5B#205E5B

#205E5B is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.063 H 190.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E5B
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, -20.30, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 20.72, 191.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% -0.0616 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.063 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4859, 9.0671, 11.3038)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E5B #5E2023

analogous

#205E3C #205E5B #20425E

triadic

#205E5B #5B205E #5E5B20

tetradic

#205E5B #3C205E #5E2023 #425E20

square

#205E5B #3C205E #5E2023 #425E20

split-complementary

#205E5B #5E2042 #5E3C20

monochromatic

#081716 #10302F #205E5B #308C87 #3FB9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#205E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#205E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E5B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E5B	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.063 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648c89',
    500: '#205e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e5b;
$custom-light: #648c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44171,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E5B

secondary

#92474B

accent

#4F56D9

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E5B

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

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