#97a2a3

Color #97a2a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#97a2a3

RGB

rgb(151, 162, 163)

HSL

hsl(185, 6.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 7.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(65.8, -3.69, -1.86)

LCH

lch(65.8, 4.13, 206.75)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0126, 203.32)

HWB

hwb(185, 59.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39897

Analogous

#97a39e

#97a2a3

#979ca3

Triadic

#97a2a3

#a397a2

#a2a397

Split-complementary

#97a2a3

#a3979c

#a39e97

Tetradic

#97a2a3

#9897a3

#a39897

#a2a397

Square

#97a2a3

#9e97a3

#a39897

#9ca397

Shades

Color #97a2a3 mixed toward black.

#7b898a

#626e6f

#4a5353

#313738

#191c1c

Tints

Color #97a2a3 mixed toward white.

#a8b2b2

#bac1c2

#cbd1d1

#dce0e0

#eef0f0

Tones

Color #97a2a3 mixed toward gray.

#98a1a2

#99a0a1

#9aa0a0

#9b9f9f

#9c9e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ca3 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#9b9aa3 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#98a3a3 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97a2a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97a2a3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#97a2a3 (#97a2a3) is rgb(151, 162, 163) in RGB.

No, #97a2a3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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