#aa8ced

Color #aa8ced

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa8ced

RGB

rgb(170, 140, 237)

HSL

hsl(258.6, 72.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.6, 40.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(64.5, 31.55, -44.92)

LCH

lch(64.5, 54.89, 305.08)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1408, 296.89)

HWB

hwb(258.6, 54.9%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfed8c

Analogous

#8c9eed

#aa8ced

#db8ced

Triadic

#aa8ced

#edaa8c

#8cedaa

Split-complementary

#aa8ced

#eddb8c

#9eed8c

Tetradic

#aa8ced

#ed8ccf

#cfed8c

#8cedaa

Square

#aa8ced

#ed8c9e

#cfed8c

#8ceddb

Shades

Color #aa8ced mixed toward black.

#8256e4

#5b22d9

#441aa3

#2d116d

#170936

Tints

Color #aa8ced mixed toward white.

#b89ff0

#c6b2f3

#d5c5f6

#e3d9f9

#f1ecfc

Tones

Color #aa8ced mixed toward gray.

#ad94e5

#b09cdd

#b3a4d5

#b6accd

#b9b4c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9edb · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a2d6 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#a9cac7 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa8ced;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa8ced]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#aa8ced (#aa8ced) is rgb(170, 140, 237) in RGB.

No, #aa8ced 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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