#aaa6bd

Color #aaa6bd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6bd

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 189)

HSL

hsl(250.4, 14.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.4, 12.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(69.11, 5.96, -11.26)

LCH

lch(69.11, 12.74, 297.89)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0331, 293.54)

HWB

hwb(250.4, 65.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9bda6

Analogous

#a6aebd

#aaa6bd

#b5a6bd

Triadic

#aaa6bd

#bdaaa6

#a6bdaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6bd

#bdb5a6

#aebda6

Tetradic

#aaa6bd

#bda6b9

#b9bda6

#a6bdaa

Square

#aaa6bd

#bda6ae

#b9bda6

#a6bdb5

Shades

Color #aaa6bd mixed toward black.

#8a84a4

#6b6588

#504c66

#353244

#1b1922

Tints

Color #aaa6bd mixed toward white.

#b8b5c8

#c6c4d3

#d4d3de

#e3e1e9

#f1f0f4

Tones

Color #aaa6bd mixed toward gray.

#aba8bb

#acaab9

#aeacb7

#afaeb5

#b0b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b8 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b6 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#aab4b3 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6bd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6bd (#aaa6bd) is rgb(170, 166, 189) in RGB.

No, #aaa6bd 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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