#aaa6bb

Color #aaa6bb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6bb

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 187)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 13.4%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 11.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(69.04, 5.55, -10.25)

LCH

lch(69.04, 11.66, 298.43)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0303, 294.37)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 65.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7bba6

Analogous

#a6acbb

#aaa6bb

#b4a6bb

Triadic

#aaa6bb

#bbaaa6

#a6bbaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6bb

#bbb4a6

#acbba6

Tetradic

#aaa6bb

#bba6b7

#b7bba6

#a6bbaa

Square

#aaa6bb

#bba6ac

#b7bba6

#a6bbb4

Shades

Color #aaa6bb mixed toward black.

#8a85a2

#6c6685

#514c64

#363343

#1b1921

Tints

Color #aaa6bb mixed toward white.

#b8b5c6

#c6c4d2

#d4d2dd

#e3e1e8

#f1f0f4

Tones

Color #aaa6bb mixed toward gray.

#aba8b9

#aca9b7

#adabb6

#aeadb4

#afafb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b6 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a9a9b5 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#aab2b1 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6bb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6bb (#aaa6bb) is rgb(170, 166, 187) in RGB.

No, #aaa6bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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