#aaa5da

Color #aaa5da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 19.79 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa5da

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 218)

HSL

hsl(245.7, 41.7%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.7, 24.3%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(69.84, 12.91, -26.16)

LCH

lch(69.84, 29.17, 296.27)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0759, 288.75)

HWB

hwb(245.7, 64.7%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5daa5

Analogous

#a5bada

#aaa5da

#c5a5da

Triadic

#aaa5da

#daaaa5

#a5daaa

Split-complementary

#aaa5da

#dac5a5

#badaa5

Tetradic

#aaa5da

#daa5d5

#d5daa5

#a5daaa

Square

#aaa5da

#daa5ba

#d5daa5

#a5dac5

Shades

Color #aaa5da mixed toward black.

#7f78c7

#554bb5

#3f3888

#2a255a

#15132d

Tints

Color #aaa5da mixed toward white.

#b8b4e0

#c6c3e6

#d5d2ec

#e3e1f3

#f1f0f9

Tones

Color #aaa5da mixed toward gray.

#aea9d6

#b1aed1

#b5b2cd

#b8b7c8

#bcbbc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8cf · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a9cc · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#aac5c3 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa5da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa5da]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa5da (#aaa5da) is rgb(170, 165, 218) in RGB.

No, #aaa5da 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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