#97A596#97A596

#97A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.027 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A596
RGB	rgb(151, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(116, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(116, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -7.85, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 9.93, 142.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0214 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.027 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7216, 35.6913, 34.0661)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A596 #A496A5

analogous

#9FA596 #97A596 #96A59D

triadic

#97A596 #9697A5 #A59697

tetradic

#97A596 #969FA5 #A496A5 #A59D96

square

#97A596 #969FA5 #A496A5 #A59D96

split-complementary

#97A596 #9D96A5 #A5969F

monochromatic

#5A6859 #768975 #97A596 #B8C1B7 #D8DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#97A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#97A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A596

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A596	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.027 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bfb4',
    500: '#97a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a596;
$custom-light: #b5bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.02667,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A596

secondary

#CEC9CE

accent

#54928E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A596

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

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