#aaa3dd

Color #aaa3dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa3dd

RGB

rgb(170, 163, 221)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 46%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 26.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(69.44, 14.73, -28.41)

LCH

lch(69.44, 32, 297.41)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0831, 289.77)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 63.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6dda3

Analogous

#a3b9dd

#aaa3dd

#c7a3dd

Triadic

#aaa3dd

#ddaaa3

#a3ddaa

Split-complementary

#aaa3dd

#ddc7a3

#b9dda3

Tetradic

#aaa3dd

#dda3d6

#d6dda3

#a3ddaa

Square

#aaa3dd

#dda3b9

#d6dda3

#a3ddc7

Shades

Color #aaa3dd mixed toward black.

#7f74cc

#5446ba

#3e348c

#2a235d

#15112f

Tints

Color #aaa3dd mixed toward white.

#b8b2e3

#c6c2e8

#d4d1ee

#e3e0f4

#f1f0f9

Tones

Color #aaa3dd mixed toward gray.

#aea8d8

#b1add3

#b5b2cf

#b9b6ca

#bcbbc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d1 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a7a8ce · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#aac7c4 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa3dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa3dd]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa3dd (#aaa3dd) is rgb(170, 163, 221) in RGB.

No, #aaa3dd 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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