#aaaacc

Color #aaaacc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaacc

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 204)

HSL

hsl(240, 25%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16.7%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(70.63, 6.97, -17.25)

LCH

lch(70.63, 18.6, 292)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0486, 285.15)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccccaa

Analogous

#aabbcc

#aaaacc

#bbaacc

Triadic

#aaaacc

#ccaaaa

#aaccaa

Split-complementary

#aaaacc

#ccbbaa

#bbccaa

Tetradic

#aaaacc

#ccaacc

#ccccaa

#aaccaa

Square

#aaaacc

#ccaabb

#ccccaa

#aaccbb

Shades

Color #aaaacc mixed toward black.

#8383b5

#5d5d9c

#464675

#2f2f4e

#171727

Tints

Color #aaaacc mixed toward white.

#b8b8d4

#c6c6dd

#d4d4e5

#e3e3ee

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aaaacc mixed toward gray.

#adadc9

#b0b0c6

#b2b2c3

#b5b5c1

#b8b8be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac4 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#aaaac3 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#aabebd · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 13.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaacc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaacc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaaacc (#aaaacc) is rgb(170, 170, 204) in RGB.

No, #aaaacc 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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