#97A8A5#97A8A5

#97A8A5 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.020 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A8A5
RGB	rgb(151, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -6.54, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 6.56, 184.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0195 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.02 184)
XYZ	xyz(33.5551, 37.3006, 41.0219)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A8A5 #A8979A

analogous

#97A89C #97A8A5 #97A3A8

triadic

#97A8A5 #A597A8 #A8A597

tetradic

#97A8A5 #9C97A8 #A8979A #A3A897

square

#97A8A5 #9C97A8 #A8979A #A3A897

split-complementary

#97A8A5 #A897A3 #A89C97

monochromatic

#5A6B68 #768C88 #97A8A5 #B8C4C2 #DAE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#97A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#97A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A8A5

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A8A5	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.020 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c1bf',
    500: '#97a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a8a5;
$custom-light: #b5c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.01957,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.37301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A8A5

secondary

#D0CACB

accent

#535E93

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A8A5

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

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