#aaa5f6

Color #aaa5f6

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa5f6

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 246)

HSL

hsl(243.7, 81.8%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.7, 32.9%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(70.95, 19.67, -39.74)

LCH

lch(70.95, 44.34, 296.33)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.1152, 286.12)

HWB

hwb(243.7, 64.7%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1f6a5

Analogous

#a5c9f6

#aaa5f6

#d3a5f6

Triadic

#aaa5f6

#f6aaa5

#a5f6aa

Split-complementary

#aaa5f6

#f6d3a5

#c9f6a5

Tetradic

#aaa5f6

#f6a5f1

#f1f6a5

#a5f6aa

Square

#aaa5f6

#f6a5c9

#f1f6a5

#a5f6d3

Shades

Color #aaa5f6 mixed toward black.

#6f67f0

#3429ea

#1d13bb

#130c7d

#0a063e

Tints

Color #aaa5f6 mixed toward white.

#b8b4f7

#c6c3f9

#d5d2fa

#e3e1fc

#f1f0fd

Tones

Color #aaa5f6 mixed toward gray.

#b0acef

#b6b3e9

#bcb9e2

#c2c0db

#c8c7d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e6 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a9e2 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#aad8d5 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 22.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa5f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa5f6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa5f6 (#aaa5f6) is rgb(170, 165, 246) in RGB.

No, #aaa5f6 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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