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#AAA3F4 — Light Vivid Blue

#AAA3F4 is a blue color we call Light Vivid Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #AAA3F4 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.

#AAA3F4 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EEF4A4; it also sits naturally between #A4C5F4 and #D3A4F4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA3F4 · RGB 170, 163, 244

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Color values

HEX#AAA3F4
RGB170, 163, 244
HSL245°, 79%, 80%
HSV245°, 33%, 96%
CMYK30%, 33%, 0%, 4%
XYZ46.00, 41.27, 91.13
Yxy41.27, 0.2579, 0.2313
CIE-Lab70.37, 20.31, -39.57
Hunter Lab64.24, 19.13, -44.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 96%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA3F4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA3F4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA3F4

.text { color: #AAA3F4; }
.background { background-color: #AAA3F4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA3F4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 163, 244); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(245, 79%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA3F4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 163, 244, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA3F4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 163, 244, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA3F4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA3F4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA3F4

#897FF0#6B5FEC#493BE8#2C1BE4#2516C0#1E129B#180E7B#110A57#0A0637#030212

Tints of #AAA3F4

#B3ADF5#B7B1F6#C0BBF7#C4BFF8#CCC8F9#D5D1FA#D9D6FA#E1DFFB#E6E4FC#EEEDFD

Tones of #AAA3F4

#AFA9EF#B4AFE9#B9B5E3#BEBBDD#C2C0D8#C7C6D2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEF4A4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.27:1 Fails
Against black text9.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA3F4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA3F4

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 #AAA3F4: ·

How #AAA3F4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A7E0Deuteranopia · #A7A8DCTritanopia · #AAD1CE

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:

Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA3F4 rather than the exact color:

Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Palette Ada2ff
#ADA2FF · #C0DEFF · #FFE5F1 · #FFF8E1
Velvet Marble
#1AAB2F · #33E0BF · #60A9E7 · #A399F0
Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3

Similar colors

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

#A8A6EE#B2A0EE#ABADEF#ADA2FF#A399F0#B2A4FF#B7A5F0#B2A5FF#AFA7E7#B3ACED#B099EB#A9A9E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA3F3  ·  #AAA3F5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA3F4?

#AAA3F4 is Light Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 163, 244). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA3F4?

#AAA3F4 is RGB 170, 163, 244 — HSL 245°, 79%, 80% — CMYK 30%, 33%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #AAA3F4?

Its complement is #EEF4A4; analogous partners are #A4C5F4 and #D3A4F4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA3F4 for text?

Black text on #AAA3F4 has a contrast ratio of 9.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.27:1.