#97ABAB#97ABAB

#97ABAB is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.022 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97ABAB
RGB	rgb(151, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -6.93, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 7.32, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0214 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.022 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6743, 38.6447, 44.1525)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97ABAB #AB9797

analogous

#97ABA1 #97ABAB #97A1AB

triadic

#97ABAB #AB97AB #ABAB97

tetradic

#97ABAB #A197AB #AB9797 #A1AB97

square

#97ABAB #A197AB #AB9797 #A1AB97

split-complementary

#97ABAB #AB97A1 #ABA197

monochromatic

#596E6E #759090 #97ABAB #B9C6C6 #DBE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#97ABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#97ABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97ABAB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97ABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97ABAB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97abab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.022 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c4c4',
    500: '#97abab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97abab;
$custom-light: #b5c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97abab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.02231,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97ABAB

secondary

#D2CBCB

accent

#515195

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #97ABAB

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

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