#aa97ea

Color #aa97ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.91 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa97ea

RGB

rgb(170, 151, 234)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 66.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 35.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(66.99, 24.6, -39.36)

LCH

lch(66.99, 46.42, 302.01)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.1196, 293.71)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 59.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7ea97

Analogous

#97aeea

#aa97ea

#d397ea

Triadic

#aa97ea

#eaaa97

#97eaaa

Split-complementary

#aa97ea

#ead397

#aeea97

Tetradic

#aa97ea

#ea97d7

#d7ea97

#97eaaa

Square

#aa97ea

#ea97ae

#d7ea97

#97ead3

Shades

Color #aa97ea mixed toward black.

#7e62df

#532cd4

#3e20a0

#29166b

#150b35

Tints

Color #aa97ea mixed toward white.

#b8a8ee

#c6baf1

#d4cbf5

#e3dcf8

#f1eefc

Tones

Color #aa97ea mixed toward gray.

#ae9ee3

#b1a5dc

#b5acd5

#b9b3ce

#bdbac7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2da · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a5d5 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#a9ccc8 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa97ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa97ea]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aa97ea (#aa97ea) is rgb(170, 151, 234) in RGB.

No, #aa97ea 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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