#97afab

Color #97afab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#97afab

RGB

rgb(151, 175, 171)

HSL

hsl(170, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(69.6, -9.07, -0.74)

LCH

lch(69.6, 9.1, 184.66)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0272, 184.43)

HWB

hwb(170, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af979b

Analogous

#97af9f

#97afab

#97a7af

Triadic

#97afab

#ab97af

#afab97

Split-complementary

#97afab

#af97a7

#af9f97

Tetradic

#97afab

#979baf

#af979b

#afab97

Square

#97afab

#9f97af

#af979b

#a7af97

Shades

Color #97afab mixed toward black.

#789792

#5f7b76

#475c59

#2f3d3b

#181f1e

Tints

Color #97afab mixed toward white.

#a8bcb9

#bacac7

#cbd7d5

#dce4e3

#eef2f1

Tones

Color #97afab mixed toward gray.

#99adaa

#9baba8

#9da9a7

#9fa7a6

#a1a5a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2ac · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#a19fac · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#98adad · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97afab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97afab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#97afab (#97afab) is rgb(151, 175, 171) in RGB.

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

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