#aba3cc

Color #aba3cc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.56 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aba3cc

RGB

rgb(171, 163, 204)

HSL

hsl(251.7, 28.7%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.7, 20.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(68.9, 11.17, -19.86)

LCH

lch(68.9, 22.79, 299.36)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0591, 293.83)

HWB

hwb(251.7, 63.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4cca3

Analogous

#a3b0cc

#aba3cc

#c0a3cc

Triadic

#aba3cc

#ccaba3

#a3ccab

Split-complementary

#aba3cc

#ccc0a3

#b0cca3

Tetradic

#aba3cc

#cca3c4

#c4cca3

#a3ccab

Square

#aba3cc

#cca3b0

#c4cca3

#a3ccc0

Shades

Color #aba3cc mixed toward black.

#877cb6

#65579e

#4c4176

#322c4f

#191627

Tints

Color #aba3cc mixed toward white.

#b9b2d5

#c7c2dd

#d5d1e6

#e3e0ee

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aba3cc mixed toward gray.

#ada7c9

#afaac5

#b1adc2

#b3b1be

#b6b4bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c3 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a9c1 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#abbcba · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba3cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba3cc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aba3cc (#aba3cc) is rgb(171, 163, 204) in RGB.

No, #aba3cc 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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