#aaa3e1

Color #aaa3e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.2 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa3e1

RGB

rgb(170, 163, 225)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 50.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 27.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(69.59, 15.67, -30.37)

LCH

lch(69.59, 34.17, 297.29)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0887, 289.21)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 63.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dae1a3

Analogous

#a3bbe1

#aaa3e1

#c9a3e1

Triadic

#aaa3e1

#e1aaa3

#a3e1aa

Split-complementary

#aaa3e1

#e1c9a3

#bbe1a3

Tetradic

#aaa3e1

#e1a3da

#dae1a3

#a3e1aa

Square

#aaa3e1

#e1a3bb

#dae1a3

#a3e1c9

Shades

Color #aaa3e1 mixed toward black.

#7d72d1

#5042c1

#3b3092

#272062

#141031

Tints

Color #aaa3e1 mixed toward white.

#b8b2e6

#c6c2eb

#d5d1f0

#e3e0f5

#f1f0fa

Tones

Color #aaa3e1 mixed toward gray.

#aea8dc

#b2add7

#b6b3d2

#bab8cc

#bebdc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d4 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#a7a8d1 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#aac9c7 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa3e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa3e1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa3e1 (#aaa3e1) is rgb(170, 163, 225) in RGB.

No, #aaa3e1 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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