#aaa2cd

Color #aaa2cd

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa2cd

RGB

rgb(170, 162, 205)

HSL

hsl(251.2, 30.1%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.2, 21%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(68.6, 11.63, -20.88)

LCH

lch(68.6, 23.9, 299.12)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0621, 293.34)

HWB

hwb(251.2, 63.5%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5cda2

Analogous

#a2b0cd

#aaa2cd

#c0a2cd

Triadic

#aaa2cd

#cdaaa2

#a2cdaa

Split-complementary

#aaa2cd

#cdc0a2

#b0cda2

Tetradic

#aaa2cd

#cda2c5

#c5cda2

#a2cdaa

Square

#aaa2cd

#cda2b0

#c5cda2

#a2cdc0

Shades

Color #aaa2cd mixed toward black.

#867ab8

#63569f

#4a4077

#322b50

#191528

Tints

Color #aaa2cd mixed toward white.

#b8b2d5

#c6c1de

#d5d1e6

#e3e0ee

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aaa2cd mixed toward gray.

#aca6ca

#afa9c6

#b1adc2

#b3b0bf

#b5b4bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c4 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#a7a8c1 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#aabcba · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa2cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa2cd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aaa2cd (#aaa2cd) is rgb(170, 162, 205) in RGB.

No, #aaa2cd 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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