#aaafc9

Color #aaafc9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aaafc9

RGB

rgb(170, 175, 201)

HSL

hsl(230.3, 22.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.3, 15.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(71.84, 3.56, -13.78)

LCH

lch(71.84, 14.23, 284.49)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0376, 276.88)

HWB

hwb(230.3, 66.7%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9c4aa

Analogous

#aabec9

#aaafc9

#b4aac9

Triadic

#aaafc9

#c9aaaf

#afc9aa

Split-complementary

#aaafc9

#c9b4aa

#bec9aa

Tetradic

#aaafc9

#c4aac9

#c9c4aa

#afc9aa

Square

#aaafc9

#c9aabe

#c9c4aa

#aac9b4

Shades

Color #aaafc9 mixed toward black.

#848bb1

#606997

#484f71

#30344c

#181a26

Tints

Color #aaafc9 mixed toward white.

#b8bcd2

#c6cadb

#d4d7e4

#e3e4ed

#f1f2f6

Tones

Color #aaafc9 mixed toward gray.

#acb1c6

#afb2c4

#b2b4c1

#b4b6bf

#b7b8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacc3 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#acacc2 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#aabebd · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaafc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaafc9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#aaafc9 (#aaafc9) is rgb(170, 175, 201) in RGB.

No, #aaafc9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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