#97a4aa

Color #97a4aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#97a4aa

RGB

rgb(151, 164, 170)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 10.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 11.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66.54, -3.34, -4.67)

LCH

lch(66.54, 5.74, 234.43)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0172, 227.12)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 59.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9d97

Analogous

#97aaa6

#97a4aa

#979aaa

Triadic

#97a4aa

#aa97a4

#a4aa97

Split-complementary

#97a4aa

#aa979a

#aaa697

Tetradic

#97a4aa

#9d97aa

#aa9d97

#a4aa97

Square

#97a4aa

#a697aa

#aa9d97

#9aaa97

Shades

Color #97a4aa mixed toward black.

#798a92

#606f76

#485358

#30373b

#181c1d

Tints

Color #97a4aa mixed toward white.

#a8b3b8

#bac2c6

#cbd1d4

#dce1e3

#eef0f1

Tones

Color #97a4aa mixed toward gray.

#98a3a8

#9aa3a7

#9ca2a5

#9da2a4

#9fa1a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9da9 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#9c9ba8 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#98a7a7 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97a4aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97a4aa]

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Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#97a4aa (#97a4aa) is rgb(151, 164, 170) in RGB.

No, #97a4aa 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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