#aa9bfb

Color #aa9bfb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 17.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9bfb

RGB

rgb(170, 155, 251)

HSL

hsl(249.4, 92.3%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.4, 38.2%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(68.72, 26.57, -45.95)

LCH

lch(68.72, 53.08, 300.04)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1367, 289.8)

HWB

hwb(249.4, 60.8%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecfb9b

Analogous

#9bbcfb

#aa9bfb

#da9bfb

Triadic

#aa9bfb

#fbaa9b

#9bfbaa

Split-complementary

#aa9bfb

#fbda9b

#bcfb9b

Tetradic

#aa9bfb

#fb9bec

#ecfb9b

#9bfbaa

Square

#aa9bfb

#fb9bbc

#ecfb9b

#9bfbda

Shades

Color #aa9bfb mixed toward black.

#735af8

#3b19f6

#2508c3

#190582

#0c0341

Tints

Color #aa9bfb mixed toward white.

#b8acfc

#c6bcfc

#d5cdfd

#e3defe

#f1eefe

Tones

Color #aa9bfb mixed toward gray.

#b0a3f3

#b5abeb

#bab3e3

#c0bbdb

#c5c3d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4e8 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a6e4 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#a9d8d5 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 24.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9bfb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9bfb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aa9bfb (#aa9bfb) is rgb(170, 155, 251) in RGB.

No, #aa9bfb 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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