#97AEA6#97AEA6

#97AEA6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.028 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEA6
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(159, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -9.55, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 9.66, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0277 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.028 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7798, 39.6039, 41.8809)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEA6 #AE979F

analogous

#97AE9A #97AEA6 #97AAAE

triadic

#97AEA6 #A697AE #AEA697

tetradic

#97AEA6 #9A97AE #AE979F #AAAE97

square

#97AEA6 #9A97AE #AE979F #AAAE97

split-complementary

#97AEA6 #AE97AA #AE9A97

monochromatic

#597269 #759389 #97AEA6 #B9C9C3 #DCE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#97AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#97AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEA6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEA6	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.028 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c6c0',
    500: '#97aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aea6;
$custom-light: #b5c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEA6

secondary

#D4CCCF

accent

#4F6897

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111312

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEA6

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

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