#aaa6ca

Color #aaa6ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.67 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6ca

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 202)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 25.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 17.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.53, 8.74, -17.82)

LCH

lch(69.53, 19.85, 296.13)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0516, 290.19)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 65.1%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6caa6

Analogous

#a6b4ca

#aaa6ca

#bca6ca

Triadic

#aaa6ca

#caaaa6

#a6caaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6ca

#cabca6

#b4caa6

Tetradic

#aaa6ca

#caa6c6

#c6caa6

#a6caaa

Square

#aaa6ca

#caa6b4

#c6caa6

#a6cabc

Shades

Color #aaa6ca mixed toward black.

#8580b3

#635c9a

#4a4573

#312e4d

#191726

Tints

Color #aaa6ca mixed toward white.

#b8b5d3

#c6c4dc

#d5d3e5

#e3e1ed

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #aaa6ca mixed toward gray.

#aca9c7

#afacc4

#b1afc1

#b3b2be

#b6b5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c2 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a9c0 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#aabcba · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6ca (#aaa6ca) is rgb(170, 166, 202) in RGB.

No, #aaa6ca 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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