#aaa4e5

Color #aaa4e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.53 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa4e5

RGB

rgb(170, 164, 229)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 55.6%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 28.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(70, 16.07, -31.94)

LCH

lch(70, 35.75, 296.71)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0929, 288.18)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 64.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfe5a4

Analogous

#a4bfe5

#aaa4e5

#cba4e5

Triadic

#aaa4e5

#e5aaa4

#a4e5aa

Split-complementary

#aaa4e5

#e5cba4

#bfe5a4

Tetradic

#aaa4e5

#e5a4df

#dfe5a4

#a4e5aa

Square

#aaa4e5

#e5a4bf

#dfe5a4

#a4e5cb

Shades

Color #aaa4e5 mixed toward black.

#7a71d7

#4b3ec8

#362c99

#241d66

#120f33

Tints

Color #aaa4e5 mixed toward white.

#b8b3e9

#c6c2ee

#d5d2f2

#e3e1f6

#f1f0fb

Tones

Color #aaa4e5 mixed toward gray.

#afaae0

#b3afda

#b7b4d5

#bcbacf

#c0bfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7d8 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a8d4 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#aaccca · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa4e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa4e5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa4e5 (#aaa4e5) is rgb(170, 164, 229) in RGB.

No, #aaa4e5 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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