#97ABA5#97ABA5

#97ABA5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.024 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97ABA5
RGB	rgb(151, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -8.15, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 8.19, 174.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0238 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.024 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1154, 38.4211, 41.2086)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97ABA5 #AB979D

analogous

#97AB9B #97ABA5 #97A7AB

triadic

#97ABA5 #A597AB #ABA597

tetradic

#97ABA5 #9B97AB #AB979D #A7AB97

square

#97ABA5 #9B97AB #AB979D #A7AB97

split-complementary

#97ABA5 #AB97A7 #AB9B97

monochromatic

#596E68 #759088 #97ABA5 #B9C6C2 #DBE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#97ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#97ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97ABA5

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97ABA5	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.024 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c4bf',
    500: '#97aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aba5;
$custom-light: #b5c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.02391,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97ABA5

secondary

#D2CBCD

accent

#516595

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #97ABA5

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

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