#aaa8ff

Color #aaa8ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8ff

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 255)

HSL

hsl(241.4, 100%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.4, 34.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(72.07, 20.26, -42.86)

LCH

lch(72.07, 47.41, 295.3)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.1235, 284.16)

HWB

hwb(241.4, 65.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fdffa8

Analogous

#a8d1ff

#aaa8ff

#d5a8ff

Triadic

#aaa8ff

#ffaaa8

#a8ffaa

Split-complementary

#aaa8ff

#ffd5a8

#d1ffa8

Tetradic

#aaa8ff

#ffa8fd

#fdffa8

#a8ffaa

Square

#aaa8ff

#ffa8d1

#fdffa8

#a8ffd5

Shades

Color #aaa8ff mixed toward black.

#6561ff

#201bff

#0500d3

#03008d

#020046

Tints

Color #aaa8ff mixed toward white.

#b8b6ff

#c6c5ff

#d4d3ff

#e3e2ff

#f1f0ff

Tones

Color #aaa8ff mixed toward gray.

#b1aff8

#b8b6f0

#bfbee9

#c6c5e2

#ccccdb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9ee · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#a9a9e9 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#aadfdb · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa8ff (#aaa8ff) is rgb(170, 168, 255) in RGB.

No, #aaa8ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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