#aaaaff

Color #aaaaff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.17 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaaff

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(72.57, 19.14, -42.09)

LCH

lch(72.57, 46.24, 294.45)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1206, 283.23)

HWB

hwb(240, 66.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffffaa

Analogous

#aad4ff

#aaaaff

#d4aaff

Triadic

#aaaaff

#ffaaaa

#aaffaa

Split-complementary

#aaaaff

#ffd4aa

#d4ffaa

Tetradic

#aaaaff

#ffaaff

#ffffaa

#aaffaa

Square

#aaaaff

#ffaad4

#ffffaa

#aaffd4

Shades

Color #aaaaff mixed toward black.

#6363ff

#1c1cff

#0000d4

#00008e

#000047

Tints

Color #aaaaff mixed toward white.

#b8b8ff

#c6c6ff

#d4d4ff

#e3e3ff

#f1f1ff

Tones

Color #aaaaff mixed toward gray.

#b1b1f8

#b8b8f1

#bfbfea

#c6c6e3

#cdcddc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaee · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#aaaaea · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#aadfdc · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaaff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaaff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaaaff (#aaaaff) is rgb(170, 170, 255) in RGB.

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

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