#aaaade

Color #aaaade

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaade

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 222)

HSL

hsl(240, 44.1%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 23.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(71.26, 11.06, -26.17)

LCH

lch(71.26, 28.41, 292.91)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0743, 284.5)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dedeaa

Analogous

#aac4de

#aaaade

#c4aade

Triadic

#aaaade

#deaaaa

#aadeaa

Split-complementary

#aaaade

#dec4aa

#c4deaa

Tetradic

#aaaade

#deaade

#dedeaa

#aadeaa

Square

#aaaade

#deaac4

#dedeaa

#aadec4

Shades

Color #aaaade mixed toward black.

#7b7bcc

#4c4cba

#37378d

#25255e

#12122f

Tints

Color #aaaade mixed toward white.

#b8b8e4

#c6c6e9

#d5d5ef

#e3e3f4

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #aaaade mixed toward gray.

#aeaeda

#b3b3d5

#b7b7d1

#bbbbcd

#c0c0c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaad3 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#aaaad0 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#aacac8 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaade]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaaade (#aaaade) is rgb(170, 170, 222) in RGB.

No, #aaaade 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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