Information about #97AD8A color

#97AD8A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#97AD8A falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(151, 173, 138) — 59.2% red, 67.8% green, 54.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 0 / 14 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #97AD8A reads as a calm, restrained zesty chartreuse and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Greenish Grey (#96AE8D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jwily (#9DA58C) and Grayish Chartreuse Green (#93A87D).

The recipe behind #97AD8A is rgb(151, 173, 138), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #97AD8A: 8.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #97AD8A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#97AD8A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#97AD8A 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #97AD8A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Jwily color link
Jwily

#9DA58C

Envy color link
Envy

#8BA690

Marsh Green color link
Marsh Green

#8BA58F

Bud color link
Bud

#A5A88F

Stun color link
Stun

#A7AC8B

Pewter color link
Pewter

#91A092

Locust color link
Locust

#A2A580

Dottie Green color link
Dottie Green

#86AD87

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#97AD8A
  • RGB151, 173, 138
  • CMYK9, 0, 14, 32
  • CSSrgb(151, 173, 138)
  • HSL98°, 18%, 61%
  • HSL Precise97.714°, 17.588%, 60.98%
  • HSV98°, 20%, 68%
  • HSB98°, 20%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.678, 0.541)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.678, 0.541, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.678, 0.541)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB54.1%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID97AD8A
  • DECIMAL ID9940362
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01