#aaa9ce

Color #aaa9ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa9ce

RGB

rgb(170, 169, 206)

HSL

hsl(241.6, 27.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.6, 18%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(70.44, 7.96, -18.64)

LCH

lch(70.44, 20.27, 293.12)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0529, 286.24)

HWB

hwb(241.6, 66.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcea9

Analogous

#a9bace

#aaa9ce

#bca9ce

Triadic

#aaa9ce

#ceaaa9

#a9ceaa

Split-complementary

#aaa9ce

#cebca9

#bacea9

Tetradic

#aaa9ce

#cea9cd

#cdcea9

#a9ceaa

Square

#aaa9ce

#cea9ba

#cdcea9

#a9cebc

Shades

Color #aaa9ce mixed toward black.

#8381b7

#5d5b9f

#454477

#2e2d50

#171728

Tints

Color #aaa9ce mixed toward white.

#b8b7d6

#c6c6de

#d4d4e6

#e3e2ef

#f1f1f7

Tones

Color #aaa9ce mixed toward gray.

#adaccb

#b0afc8

#b3b2c5

#b6b5c2

#b9b8bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac6 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#aaaac4 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#aabfbe · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa9ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa9ce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa9ce (#aaa9ce) is rgb(170, 169, 206) in RGB.

No, #aaa9ce 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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