#97D0BC is a soft, cool teal. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #97D0BC works with other colors. Named schemes with #97D0BC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ash Gray keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ash Gray sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Ash Gray opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ash Gray is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Ash Gray carrying the quiet middle.
Ash Gray is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ash Gray.
How #97D0BC actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #97D0BC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #97D0BC;
--color-base-rgb: 151 208 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.3% 0.065 170.9);
--color-50: #F4FBF8;
--color-100: #E2F3ED;
--color-200: #C7E6DB;
--color-300: #9FD0BF;
--color-400: #7AB8A2;
--color-500: #599C84;
--color-600: #497968;
--color-700: #38574C;
--color-800: #273A33;
--color-900: #192420;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ash-gray: {
50: '#F4FBF8',
100: '#E2F3ED',
200: '#C7E6DB',
300: '#9FD0BF',
400: '#7AB8A2',
500: '#599C84',
600: '#497968',
700: '#38574C',
800: '#273A33',
900: '#192420',
},
}
$base: #97D0BC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF8; $base-100: #E2F3ED; $base-200: #C7E6DB; $base-300: #9FD0BF; $base-400: #7AB8A2; $base-500: #599C84; $base-600: #497968; $base-700: #38574C; $base-800: #273A33; $base-900: #192420; $base-hover: #64B99C; $base-subtle: #E1EFEA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#97D0BC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E2F3ED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C7E6DB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9FD0BF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7AB8A2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#599C84",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#497968",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#38574C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#273A33",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192420",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}