#aaa7d7

Color #aaa7d7

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.2 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa7d7

RGB

rgb(170, 167, 215)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 37.5%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 22.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(70.24, 11.1, -23.89)

LCH

lch(70.24, 26.34, 294.92)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0687, 287.46)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 65.5%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4d7a7

Analogous

#a7bcd7

#aaa7d7

#c2a7d7

Triadic

#aaa7d7

#d7aaa7

#a7d7aa

Split-complementary

#aaa7d7

#d7c2a7

#bcd7a7

Tetradic

#aaa7d7

#d7a7d4

#d4d7a7

#a7d7aa

Square

#aaa7d7

#d7a7bc

#d4d7a7

#a7d7c2

Shades

Color #aaa7d7 mixed toward black.

#807bc3

#5650af

#403c83

#2b2858

#15142c

Tints

Color #aaa7d7 mixed toward white.

#b8b6de

#c6c4e4

#d5d3eb

#e3e2f2

#f1f0f8

Tones

Color #aaa7d7 mixed toward gray.

#aeabd3

#b1afcf

#b5b3cb

#b8b7c7

#bcbbc3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9cd · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9ca · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#aac4c2 · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa7d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa7d7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa7d7 (#aaa7d7) is rgb(170, 167, 215) in RGB.

No, #aaa7d7 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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