Information about #97A3AA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#97A3AA presents itself as a softly toned steel-blue azure — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from El Nino (#92A0AC). Slightly further away sit Cyanish Grey (#9CA8A8) and Cadet Grey (#91A3B0).
The recipe behind #97A3AA is rgb(151, 163, 170), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #97A3AA: 8.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#97A3AA color variations
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#97A3AA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#97A3AA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#97A3AA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#97A3AA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#97A3AA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #97A3AA color
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Nearest named colors to #97A3AA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#92A0AC
#9CA8A8
#91A3B0
#9FA3A7
#979AAA
#929FA2
#A2A1AC
#9CACA5
#A0AAAB
#939DA1
#9998A7
#9EA0A1
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#97A3AA
- RGB151, 163, 170
- CMYK7, 3, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(151, 163, 170)
- HSL202°, 10%, 63%
- HSL Precise202.105°, 10.053%, 62.941%
- HSV202°, 11%, 67%
- HSB202°, 11%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.639
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.639, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.639, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.639, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB63.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID97A3AA
- DECIMAL ID9937834
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
