#97aeae

Color #97aeae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#97aeae

RGB

rgb(151, 174, 174)

HSL

hsl(180, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.4, -7.91, -2.68)

LCH

lch(69.4, 8.35, 198.72)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0255, 196.66)

HWB

hwb(180, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae9797

Analogous

#97aea2

#97aeae

#97a2ae

Triadic

#97aeae

#ae97ae

#aeae97

Split-complementary

#97aeae

#ae97a2

#aea297

Tetradic

#97aeae

#9797ae

#ae9797

#aeae97

Square

#97aeae

#a297ae

#ae9797

#a2ae97

Shades

Color #97aeae mixed toward black.

#799696

#5f7a7a

#475b5b

#2f3d3d

#181e1e

Tints

Color #97aeae mixed toward white.

#a8bbbb

#bac9c9

#cbd6d6

#dce4e4

#eef1f1

Tones

Color #97aeae mixed toward gray.

#99acac

#9baaaa

#9da8a8

#9fa6a6

#a1a4a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a2ae · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#a09eae · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#98aeae · ΔE 0.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #97aeae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97aeae]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#97aeae (#97aeae) is rgb(151, 174, 174) in RGB.

No, #97aeae 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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