#205E8B#205E8B

#205E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.096 H 244.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E8B
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 139)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(205, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, -3.39, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 30.73, 263.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% -0.0417 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.096 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2568, 10.1755, 25.8973)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E8B #8B4D20

analogous

#208B82 #205E8B #20288B

triadic

#205E8B #8B205E #5E8B20

tetradic

#205E8B #82208B #8B4D20 #288B20

square

#205E8B #82208B #8B4D20 #288B20

split-complementary

#205E8B #8B2028 #8B8220

monochromatic

#091B28 #153C59 #205E8B #2B80BD #4F9DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#205E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#205E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E8B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E8B	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A558A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.096 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8bad',
    500: '#205e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e8b;
$custom-light: #6b8bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.234,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46479,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E8B

secondary

#BA7B4D

accent

#8742E6

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E8B

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

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