#97C7CB

Closest named color: Light Cornflower Blue (#98C1D9). oklch(79.7% 0.051 202.6), rgb(151, 199, 203).

Black text reads best on this color (11.34:1).

About this color

#97C7CB is a light, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.051 and its hue 203°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Light Cornflower Blue (#98C1D9), ΔE 0.030 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.34:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	muted (0.051)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Light Cornflower Blue (#98C1D9)
Black text	11.34:1
White text	1.85:1

Values

HEX	#97C7CB
RGB	rgb(151, 199, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 33%, 69%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.051 202.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #97C7CB	1.85:1	Fails	Lc -39.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #97C7CB	11.34:1	AAA	Lc 69.1	Content text, not long reading
#97C7CB text on white	1.85:1	Fails	Lc 34.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#97C7CB text on black	11.34:1	AAA	Lc -67.8	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F1F7F7

oklch(97.2% 0.006 197.1)
Step 100
100

#DFEDEE

oklch(93.6% 0.015 202)
Step 200
200

#C5DFE1

oklch(88.5% 0.028 202.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#97C7CB

oklch(79.7% 0.051 202.6)
Step 400
400

#5DB0B7

oklch(70.8% 0.081 202.7)
Step 500
500

#189BA5

oklch(63% 0.103 203.3)
Step 600
600

#00838B

oklch(55.5% 0.095 202.3)
Step 700
700

#006E75

oklch(49% 0.083 202.5)
Step 800
800

#005A60

oklch(42.6% 0.073 202.7)
Step 900
900

#004B50

oklch(37.6% 0.064 202.5)
Step 950
950

#042C2F

oklch(26.8% 0.043 202.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#97C7CB with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0C3CB	0.051
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B6BBCB	0.048
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#86CBC8	0.022
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BEBEBE	0.051