#aaa8cb

Color #aaa8cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8cb

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 203)

HSL

hsl(243.4, 25.2%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.4, 17.2%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.08, 7.85, -17.53)

LCH

lch(70.08, 19.21, 294.12)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0501, 287.67)

HWB

hwb(243.4, 65.9%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9cba8

Analogous

#a8b7cb

#aaa8cb

#bba8cb

Triadic

#aaa8cb

#cbaaa8

#a8cbaa

Split-complementary

#aaa8cb

#cbbba8

#b7cba8

Tetradic

#aaa8cb

#cba8c9

#c9cba8

#a8cbaa

Square

#aaa8cb

#cba8b7

#c9cba8

#a8cbbb

Shades

Color #aaa8cb mixed toward black.

#8481b4

#605c9b

#484574

#302e4d

#181727

Tints

Color #aaa8cb mixed toward white.

#b8b6d4

#c6c5dc

#d4d3e5

#e3e2ee

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #aaa8cb mixed toward gray.

#acabc8

#afaec5

#b2b1c2

#b4b4bf

#b7b6bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c3 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#a9a9c1 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#aabdbb · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8cb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa8cb (#aaa8cb) is rgb(170, 168, 203) in RGB.

No, #aaa8cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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