#97A8A8#97A8A8

#97A8A8 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.019 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97A8A8
RGB	rgb(151, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -5.93, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 6.27, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0183 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.019 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8314, 37.4111, 42.4768)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97A8A8 #A89797

analogous

#97A89F #97A8A8 #979FA8

triadic

#97A8A8 #A897A8 #A8A897

tetradic

#97A8A8 #9F97A8 #A89797 #9FA897

square

#97A8A8 #9F97A8 #A89797 #9FA897

split-complementary

#97A8A8 #A8979F #A89F97

monochromatic

#5A6B6B #768C8C #97A8A8 #B8C4C4 #DAE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#97A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#97A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97A8A8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97A8A8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.019 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c1c1',
    500: '#97a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97a8a8;
$custom-light: #b5c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71831,
    "c": 0.0191,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97A8A8

secondary

#D0CACA

accent

#535393

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #97A8A8

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

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