#aa9cd7

Color #aa9cd7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.5 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9cd7

RGB

rgb(170, 156, 215)

HSL

hsl(254.2, 42.4%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.2, 27.4%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(67.45, 17.27, -28.17)

LCH

lch(67.45, 33.04, 301.51)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0856, 295.1)

HWB

hwb(254.2, 61.2%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9d79c

Analogous

#9cabd7

#aa9cd7

#c79cd7

Triadic

#aa9cd7

#d7aa9c

#9cd7aa

Split-complementary

#aa9cd7

#d7c79c

#abd79c

Tetradic

#aa9cd7

#d79cc9

#c9d79c

#9cd7aa

Square

#aa9cd7

#d79cab

#c9d79c

#9cd7c7

Shades

Color #aa9cd7 mixed toward black.

#8470c5

#6047b0

#483584

#302458

#18122c

Tints

Color #aa9cd7 mixed toward white.

#b8acde

#c6bde4

#d4cdeb

#e3def2

#f1eef8

Tones

Color #aa9cd7 mixed toward gray.

#aca1d2

#afa6cd

#b2abc8

#b4b0c3

#b7b4be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4cb · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a6c8 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#a9c0be · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9cd7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9cd7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aa9cd7 (#aa9cd7) is rgb(170, 156, 215) in RGB.

No, #aa9cd7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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