#aaa4ce

Color #aaa4ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.97 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa4ce

RGB

rgb(170, 164, 206)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 30%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 20.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(69.15, 10.74, -20.6)

LCH

lch(69.15, 23.23, 297.54)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0604, 291.38)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 64.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8cea4

Analogous

#a4b3ce

#aaa4ce

#bfa4ce

Triadic

#aaa4ce

#ceaaa4

#a4ceaa

Split-complementary

#aaa4ce

#cebfa4

#b3cea4

Tetradic

#aaa4ce

#cea4c8

#c8cea4

#a4ceaa

Square

#aaa4ce

#cea4b3

#c8cea4

#a4cebf

Shades

Color #aaa4ce mixed toward black.

#847cb8

#6156a0

#494178

#302b50

#181628

Tints

Color #aaa4ce mixed toward white.

#b8b3d6

#c6c2de

#d4d1e6

#e3e1ef

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aaa4ce mixed toward gray.

#aca7ca

#afabc7

#b1aec3

#b4b2c0

#b6b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c5 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a8c3 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#aabdbc · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa4ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa4ce]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa4ce (#aaa4ce) is rgb(170, 164, 206) in RGB.

No, #aaa4ce 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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