#aaa7bc

Color #aaa7bc

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa7bc

RGB

rgb(170, 167, 188)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 13.5%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 11.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.34, 5.21, -10.36)

LCH

lch(69.34, 11.6, 296.7)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0301, 292.23)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 65.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9bca7

Analogous

#a7aebc

#aaa7bc

#b4a7bc

Triadic

#aaa7bc

#bcaaa7

#a7bcaa

Split-complementary

#aaa7bc

#bcb4a7

#aebca7

Tetradic

#aaa7bc

#bca7b9

#b9bca7

#a7bcaa

Square

#aaa7bc

#bca7ae

#b9bca7

#a7bcb4

Shades

Color #aaa7bc mixed toward black.

#8a85a2

#6b6686

#504d65

#353343

#1b1a22

Tints

Color #aaa7bc mixed toward white.

#b8b6c7

#c6c4d2

#d5d3dd

#e3e2e9

#f1f0f4

Tones

Color #aaa7bc mixed toward gray.

#aba9ba

#adabb8

#aeacb7

#afaeb5

#b0b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b7 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b6 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#aab3b2 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa7bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa7bc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa7bc (#aaa7bc) is rgb(170, 167, 188) in RGB.

No, #aaa7bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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