#aa9ffb

Color #aa9ffb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.56 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9ffb

RGB

rgb(170, 159, 251)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 92%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 36.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(69.69, 24.31, -44.43)

LCH

lch(69.69, 50.65, 298.69)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.1308, 288.31)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 62.4%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0fb9f

Analogous

#9fc2fb

#aa9ffb

#d89ffb

Triadic

#aa9ffb

#fbaa9f

#9ffbaa

Split-complementary

#aa9ffb

#fbd89f

#c2fb9f

Tetradic

#aa9ffb

#fb9ff0

#f0fb9f

#9ffbaa

Square

#aa9ffb

#fb9fc2

#f0fb9f

#9ffbd8

Shades

Color #aa9ffb mixed toward black.

#705df8

#361cf6

#1f08c5

#150583

#0a0342

Tints

Color #aa9ffb mixed toward white.

#b8affc

#c6bffc

#d5cffd

#e3dffe

#f1effe

Tones

Color #aa9ffb mixed toward gray.

#b0a7f3

#b6aeec

#bcb6e4

#c1bedc

#c7c5d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5e9 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#a6a7e4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#a9d9d6 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9ffb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9ffb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aa9ffb (#aa9ffb) is rgb(170, 159, 251) in RGB.

No, #aa9ffb 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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