#aaade4

Color #aaade4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 18.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#aaade4

RGB

rgb(170, 173, 228)

HSL

hsl(236.9, 51.8%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.9, 25.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(72.25, 10.8, -27.93)

LCH

lch(72.25, 29.95, 291.14)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0786, 281.97)

HWB

hwb(236.9, 66.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e1aa

Analogous

#aacae4

#aaade4

#c4aae4

Triadic

#aaade4

#e4aaad

#ade4aa

Split-complementary

#aaade4

#e4c4aa

#cae4aa

Tetradic

#aaade4

#e1aae4

#e4e1aa

#ade4aa

Square

#aaade4

#e4aaca

#e4e1aa

#aae4c4

Shades

Color #aaade4 mixed toward black.

#787cd4

#454cc4

#303597

#202465

#101232

Tints

Color #aaade4 mixed toward white.

#b8bbe8

#c6c8ed

#d4d6f1

#e3e4f6

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #aaade4 mixed toward gray.

#afb1df

#b4b6da

#b8bad5

#bdbed1

#c2c3cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd8 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#ababd5 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#aacfcc · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaade4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaade4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaade4 (#aaade4) is rgb(170, 173, 228) in RGB.

No, #aaade4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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