#aaa9ec

Color #aaa9ec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa9ec

RGB

rgb(170, 169, 236)

HSL

hsl(240.9, 63.8%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.9, 28.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(71.54, 14.96, -33.38)

LCH

lch(71.54, 36.58, 294.14)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0955, 284.56)

HWB

hwb(240.9, 66.3%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebeca9

Analogous

#a9c9ec

#aaa9ec

#cba9ec

Triadic

#aaa9ec

#ecaaa9

#a9ecaa

Split-complementary

#aaa9ec

#eccba9

#c9eca9

Tetradic

#aaa9ec

#eca9eb

#ebeca9

#a9ecaa

Square

#aaa9ec

#eca9c9

#ebeca9

#a9eccb

Shades

Color #aaa9ec mixed toward black.

#7372e0

#3d3ad4

#2725a6

#1a186f

#0d0c37

Tints

Color #aaa9ec mixed toward white.

#b8b7ef

#c6c6f2

#d4d4f5

#e3e2f9

#f1f1fc

Tones

Color #aaa9ec mixed toward gray.

#afafe6

#b5b4e1

#babadb

#c0bfd6

#c5c5d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaade · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#aaaadb · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#aad2d0 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa9ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aaa9ec (#aaa9ec) is rgb(170, 169, 236) in RGB.

No, #aaa9ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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