#97acaf

Color #97acaf

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.75 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#97acaf

RGB

rgb(151, 172, 175)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.88, -6.63, -4)

LCH

lch(68.88, 7.74, 211.1)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0238, 207)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af9a97

Analogous

#97afa6

#97acaf

#97a0af

Triadic

#97acaf

#af97ac

#acaf97

Split-complementary

#97acaf

#af97a0

#afa697

Tetradic

#97acaf

#9a97af

#af9a97

#acaf97

Square

#97acaf

#a697af

#af9a97

#a0af97

Shades

Color #97acaf mixed toward black.

#789397

#5f777b

#47595c

#2f3c3d

#181e1f

Tints

Color #97acaf mixed toward white.

#a8babc

#bac8ca

#cbd5d7

#dce3e4

#eef1f2

Tones

Color #97acaf mixed toward gray.

#99aaad

#9ba9ab

#9da7a9

#9fa6a7

#a1a4a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1ae · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#9f9eae · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#98aeae · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97acaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97acaf]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#97acaf (#97acaf) is rgb(151, 172, 175) in RGB.

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

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