#aba5cc

Color #aba5cc

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aba5cc

RGB

rgb(171, 165, 204)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 27.7%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 19.1%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(69.42, 10.06, -19.08)

LCH

lch(69.42, 21.57, 297.8)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0561, 291.99)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 64.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6cca5

Analogous

#a5b3cc

#aba5cc

#bfa5cc

Triadic

#aba5cc

#ccaba5

#a5ccab

Split-complementary

#aba5cc

#ccbfa5

#b3cca5

Tetradic

#aba5cc

#cca5c6

#c6cca5

#a5ccab

Square

#aba5cc

#cca5b3

#c6cca5

#a5ccbf

Shades

Color #aba5cc mixed toward black.

#867eb6

#63599d

#4b4376

#322c4f

#191627

Tints

Color #aba5cc mixed toward white.

#b9b4d5

#c7c3dd

#d5d2e6

#e3e1ee

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aba5cc mixed toward gray.

#ada8c9

#b0acc6

#b2afc2

#b4b2bf

#b6b5bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c3 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#a9a9c1 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#abbcbb · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aba5cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aba5cc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aba5cc (#aba5cc) is rgb(171, 165, 204) in RGB.

No, #aba5cc 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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