#205E8E#205E8E

#205E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.100 H 245.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#205E8E
RGB	rgb(32, 94, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(206, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.31, -2.24, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.31, 32.19, 266.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% -0.0408 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.1 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4790, 10.2644, 27.0676)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#205E8E #8E5020

analogous

#208E87 #205E8E #20278E

triadic

#205E8E #8E205E #5E8E20

tetradic

#205E8E #87208E #8E5020 #278E20

square

#205E8E #87208E #8E5020 #278E20

split-complementary

#205E8E #8E2027 #8E8720

monochromatic

#091C2A #153D5C #205E8E #2B7FC0 #519DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#205E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#205E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #205E8E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##205E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##205E8E	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38568D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #205e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 94, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.100 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c8baf',
    500: '#205e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #205e8e;
$custom-light: #6c8baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#205e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46654,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#205E8E

secondary

#BB7E4F

accent

#8942E6

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #205E8E

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

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