#97ABA9#97ABA9

#97ABA9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.022 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97ABA9
RGB	rgb(151, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(174, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(174, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -7.34, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 7.46, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0222 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.022 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4851, 38.5690, 43.1561)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97ABA9 #AB9799

analogous

#97AB9F #97ABA9 #97A3AB

triadic

#97ABA9 #A997AB #ABA997

tetradic

#97ABA9 #9F97AB #AB9799 #A3AB97

square

#97ABA9 #9F97AB #AB9799 #A3AB97

split-complementary

#97ABA9 #AB97A3 #AB9F97

monochromatic

#596E6C #75908D #97ABA9 #B9C6C5 #DBE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#97ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#97ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97ABA9

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97ABA9	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.022 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c4c2',
    500: '#97aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aba9;
$custom-light: #b5c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.02249,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97ABA9

secondary

#D2CBCC

accent

#515895

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #97ABA9

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

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