#97AEAE#97AEAE

#97AEAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.025 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEAE
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -7.91, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 8.35, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0244 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.025 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5366, 39.9066, 45.8666)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEAE #AE9797

analogous

#97AEA2 #97AEAE #97A2AE

triadic

#97AEAE #AE97AE #AEAE97

tetradic

#97AEAE #A297AE #AE9797 #A2AE97

square

#97AEAE #A297AE #AE9797 #A2AE97

split-complementary

#97AEAE #AE97A2 #AEA297

monochromatic

#597272 #759393 #97AEAE #B9C9C9 #DCE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#97AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#97AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEAE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEAE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.025 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c6c6',
    500: '#97aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aeae;
$custom-light: #b5c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.02548,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEAE

secondary

#D4CCCC

accent

#4F4F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEAE

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

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