#aaa6cf

Color #aaa6cf

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6cf

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 207)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 29.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 19.8%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(69.7, 9.85, -20.31)

LCH

lch(69.7, 22.57, 295.87)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0587, 289.39)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 65.1%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbcfa6

Analogous

#a6b6cf

#aaa6cf

#bea6cf

Triadic

#aaa6cf

#cfaaa6

#a6cfaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6cf

#cfbea6

#b6cfa6

Tetradic

#aaa6cf

#cfa6cb

#cbcfa6

#a6cfaa

Square

#aaa6cf

#cfa6b6

#cbcfa6

#a6cfbe

Shades

Color #aaa6cf mixed toward black.

#837eb9

#5e57a1

#474179

#2f2c51

#181628

Tints

Color #aaa6cf mixed toward white.

#b8b5d7

#c6c4df

#d4d2e7

#e3e1ef

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aaa6cf mixed toward gray.

#ada9cb

#afadc8

#b2b0c5

#b5b4c1

#b8b7be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c6 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9c4 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#aabfbd · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6cf]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6cf (#aaa6cf) is rgb(170, 166, 207) in RGB.

No, #aaa6cf 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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