#97C5BC#97C5BC

#97C5BC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.050 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97C5BC
RGB	rgb(151, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(168, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -16.98, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 16.99, 181.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0501 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.05 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8031, 50.1410, 55.0428)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97C5BC #C597A0

analogous

#97C5A5 #97C5BC #97B7C5

triadic

#97C5BC #BC97C5 #C5BC97

tetradic

#97C5BC #A597C5 #C597A0 #B7C597

square

#97C5BC #A597C5 #C597A0 #B7C597

split-complementary

#97C5BC #C597B7 #C5A597

monochromatic

#519184 #70AFA3 #97C5BC #BEDBD5 #E6F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#97C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#97C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97C5BC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97C5BC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.050 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6d6d0',
    500: '#97c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97c5bc;
$custom-light: #b6d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.05016,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97C5BC

secondary

#996771

accent

#3E53A7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #97C5BC

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

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