#97aaa9

Color #97aaa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.1 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#97aaa9

RGB

rgb(151, 170, 169)

HSL

hsl(176.8, 10.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.8, 11.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.16, -6.8, -1.73)

LCH

lch(68.16, 7.02, 194.27)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0213, 192.73)

HWB

hwb(176.8, 59.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9798

Analogous

#97aa9f

#97aaa9

#97a1aa

Triadic

#97aaa9

#a997aa

#aaa997

Split-complementary

#97aaa9

#aa97a1

#aa9f97

Tetradic

#97aaa9

#9798aa

#aa9798

#aaa997

Square

#97aaa9

#9f97aa

#aa9798

#a1aa97

Shades

Color #97aaa9 mixed toward black.

#799291

#607675

#485857

#303b3a

#181d1d

Tints

Color #97aaa9 mixed toward white.

#a8b8b7

#bac6c6

#cbd4d4

#dce3e2

#eef1f1

Tones

Color #97aaa9 mixed toward gray.

#98a8a8

#9aa7a6

#9ca5a5

#9da4a3

#9fa2a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a9 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9da9 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#98a9a9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97aaa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97aaa9]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#97aaa9 (#97aaa9) is rgb(151, 170, 169) in RGB.

No, #97aaa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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