#aaa0cc

Color #aaa0cc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa0cc

RGB

rgb(170, 160, 204)

HSL

hsl(253.6, 30.1%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.6, 21.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(68.06, 12.53, -21.16)

LCH

lch(68.06, 24.59, 300.63)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0639, 295.2)

HWB

hwb(253.6, 62.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2cca0

Analogous

#a0accc

#aaa0cc

#c0a0cc

Triadic

#aaa0cc

#ccaaa0

#a0ccaa

Split-complementary

#aaa0cc

#ccc0a0

#accca0

Tetradic

#aaa0cc

#cca0c2

#c2cca0

#a0ccaa

Square

#aaa0cc

#cca0ac

#c2cca0

#a0ccc0

Shades

Color #aaa0cc mixed toward black.

#8779b7

#65559e

#4c4076

#332a4f

#191527

Tints

Color #aaa0cc mixed toward white.

#b8b0d5

#c6c0dd

#d5d0e6

#e3dfee

#f1eff7

Tones

Color #aaa0cc mixed toward gray.

#aca4c8

#aea7c5

#b0abc1

#b2afbd

#b4b2ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6c3 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#a6a7c0 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#aabbb9 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa0cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa0cc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aaa0cc (#aaa0cc) is rgb(170, 160, 204) in RGB.

No, #aaa0cc 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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