#97AEB5#97AEB5

#97AEB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.027 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97AEB5
RGB	rgb(151, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -6.42, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 8.96, 224.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0216 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.027 218)
XYZ	xyz(36.2369, 40.1867, 49.5547)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97AEB5 #B59E97

analogous

#97B5AD #97AEB5 #979FB5

triadic

#97AEB5 #B597AE #AEB597

tetradic

#97AEB5 #AD97B5 #B59E97 #9FB597

square

#97AEB5 #AD97B5 #B59E97 #9FB597

split-complementary

#97AEB5 #B5979F #B5AD97

monochromatic

#57727A #73929C #97AEB5 #BBCACE #DFE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#97AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#97AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97AEB5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97AEB5	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.027 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c6cb',
    500: '#97aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97aeb5;
$custom-light: #b6c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 16.854,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.02743,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.40188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97AEB5

secondary

#D9D1CF

accent

#5D4A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #97AEB5

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

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