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#AAA3DC — Light Muted Blue

#AAA3DC is a blue color we call Light Muted Blue, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AAA3DC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AAA3DC is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D5DCA3; it also sits naturally between #A3B9DC and #C6A3DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA3DC · RGB 170, 163, 220

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Color values

HEX#AAA3DC
RGB170, 163, 220
HSL247°, 45%, 75%
HSV247°, 26%, 86%
CMYK23%, 26%, 0%, 14%
XYZ42.59, 39.91, 73.17
Yxy39.91, 0.2736, 0.2564
CIE-Lab69.40, 14.50, -27.93
Hunter Lab63.17, 13.38, -28.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 86%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 0% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AAA3DC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA3DC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA3DC

.text { color: #AAA3DC; }
.background { background-color: #AAA3DC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA3DC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 163, 220); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(247, 45%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA3DC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 163, 220, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA3DC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 163, 220, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA3DC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA3DC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA3DC

#9189D2#796FC8#6155BE#4F42AE#433894#352D76#2A235C#1E1943#120F29#07060F

Tints of #AAA3DC

#B0AADF#B7B1E2#BEB9E4#C5C0E7#CFCBEB#D6D3EE#DDDAF1#E4E1F4#EAE9F7#F1F0F9

Tones of #AAA3DC

#ACA6D8#B0ABD4#B3AFD0#B6B3CB#B9B7C8#BCBBC3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D5DCA3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.34:1 Fails
Against black text8.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA3DC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA3DC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AAA3DC: ·

How #AAA3DC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A7A7CEDeuteranopia · #A7A8CBTritanopia · #AAC3C1

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA3DC rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Smoky Ruby Whisper
#757F1C · #B6DE68 · #6355DA · #ACA1E3
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Palette Fff2e0
#FFF2E0 · #C0C9EE · #A2AADB · #898AC4
Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ADA6DC#A8A8DC#ACA1E3#A7AAE1#A2AADB#A3A7E4#A9A9E6#AFA7E7#AA96DA#B7A5DA#A8A4CE#B7A3E3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA3DB  ·  #AAA3DD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA3DC?

#AAA3DC is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 163, 220). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA3DC?

#AAA3DC is RGB 170, 163, 220 — HSL 247°, 45%, 75% — CMYK 23%, 26%, 0%, 14%.

What colors go with #AAA3DC?

Its complement is #D5DCA3; analogous partners are #A3B9DC and #C6A3DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA3DC for text?

Black text on #AAA3DC has a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.34:1.