#aaa5f8

Color #aaa5f8

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.56 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa5f8

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 248)

HSL

hsl(243.6, 85.6%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.6, 33.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(71.03, 20.17, -40.7)

LCH

lch(71.03, 45.42, 296.36)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.118, 285.99)

HWB

hwb(243.6, 64.7%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3f8a5

Analogous

#a5caf8

#aaa5f8

#d4a5f8

Triadic

#aaa5f8

#f8aaa5

#a5f8aa

Split-complementary

#aaa5f8

#f8d4a5

#caf8a5

Tetradic

#aaa5f8

#f8a5f3

#f3f8a5

#a5f8aa

Square

#aaa5f8

#f8a5ca

#f3f8a5

#a5f8d4

Shades

Color #aaa5f8 mixed toward black.

#6e65f3

#3125ee

#190fc0

#110a80

#080540

Tints

Color #aaa5f8 mixed toward white.

#b8b4f9

#c6c3fa

#d5d2fc

#e3e1fd

#f1f0fe

Tones

Color #aaa5f8 mixed toward gray.

#b0acf1

#b6b3ea

#bcbae3

#c2c1dc

#c8c8d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8e7 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a9e3 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#aad9d6 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa5f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa5f8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa5f8 (#aaa5f8) is rgb(170, 165, 248) in RGB.

No, #aaa5f8 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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