Information about #205966 color

#205966 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#205966 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(32, 89, 102) — 12.5% red, 34.9% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 5 / 0 / 60. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #205966 reads as a clearly saturated water-like cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Humbec Dark Teal (#265B71). Slightly further away sit JayHawk Blue (#194F6E) and Caesar (#1B6767).

The recipe behind #205966 is rgb(32, 89, 102), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #205966: 7.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:60) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#205966 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#205966 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #205966

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

JayHawk Blue color link
JayHawk Blue

#194F6E

Caesar color link
Caesar

#1B6767

Globe color link
Globe

#256761

Marathon color link
Marathon

#305563

Guru color link
Guru

#154C65

Casal color link
Casal

#2F6168

Lucifer color link
Lucifer

#2E5060

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#205966
  • RGB32, 89, 102
  • CMYK27, 5, 0, 60
  • CSSrgb(32, 89, 102)
  • HSL191°, 52%, 26%
  • HSL Precise191.143°, 52.239%, 26.275%
  • HSV191°, 69%, 40%
  • HSB191°, 69%, 40%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.125, 0.349, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.125, 0.349, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.125, 0.349, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID205966
  • DECIMAL ID2120038
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01