#aaa6ce

Color #aaa6ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa6ce

RGB

rgb(170, 166, 206)

HSL

hsl(246, 29%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246, 19.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(69.66, 9.63, -19.82)

LCH

lch(69.66, 22.04, 295.91)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0573, 289.48)

HWB

hwb(246, 65.1%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cacea6

Analogous

#a6b6ce

#aaa6ce

#bea6ce

Triadic

#aaa6ce

#ceaaa6

#a6ceaa

Split-complementary

#aaa6ce

#cebea6

#b6cea6

Tetradic

#aaa6ce

#cea6ca

#cacea6

#a6ceaa

Square

#aaa6ce

#cea6b6

#cacea6

#a6cebe

Shades

Color #aaa6ce mixed toward black.

#847eb8

#5f58a0

#474278

#302c50

#181628

Tints

Color #aaa6ce mixed toward white.

#b8b5d6

#c6c4de

#d4d2e6

#e3e1ef

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #aaa6ce mixed toward gray.

#ada9cb

#afadc7

#b2b0c4

#b5b3c1

#b7b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8c5 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a9c3 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#aabebc · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 15.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa6ce]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaa6ce (#aaa6ce) is rgb(170, 166, 206) in RGB.

No, #aaa6ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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