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#AAA3FA — Light Vivid Blue

#AAA3FA is a blue color we call Light Vivid Blue, closest to the named color LightSkyBlue (#87CEFA). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightskyblue (#87CEFA) — not an exact match. CSS lightskyblue gives you #87CEFA, a different color; use #AAA3FA 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.

#AAA3FA 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 #F3FAA3; it also sits naturally between #A3C7FA and #D6A3FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA3FA · RGB 170, 163, 250

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Color values

HEX#AAA3FA
RGB170, 163, 250
HSL245°, 90%, 81%
HSV245°, 35%, 98%
CMYK32%, 35%, 0%, 2%
XYZ46.93, 41.64, 96.01
Yxy41.64, 0.2543, 0.2256
CIE-Lab70.62, 21.81, -42.43
Hunter Lab64.53, 20.65, -48.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 98%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA3FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA3FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA3FA

.text { color: #AAA3FA; }
.background { background-color: #AAA3FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA3FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 163, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(245, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA3FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 163, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA3FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 163, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA3FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA3FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA3FA

#877CF8#675AF6#4434F4#200DF2#1B0BD0#1609AA#110783#0C055C#08033A#030113

Tints of #AAA3FA

#B3ADFB#B8B1FB#C1BBFB#C5C0FC#CECAFC#D2CFFC#DBD8FD#E0DDFD#E9E7FE#EDECFE

Tones of #AAA3FA

#AFA9F4#B5B0EE#BAB6E7#BFBCE1#C4C2DB#C9C8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3FAA3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.25:1 Fails
Against black text9.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA3FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA3FA

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 #AAA3FA: ·

How #AAA3FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A7E5Deuteranopia · #A7A8E0Tritanopia · #AAD4D1

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 #AAA3FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ada2ff
#ADA2FF · #C0DEFF · #FFE5F1 · #FFF8E1
Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3
Palette Fff9ca
#FFF9CA · #FFDEB4 · #FFB4B4 · #B2A4FF
Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Palette 9fa1ff
#9FA1FF · #B5BAFF · #AEE2FF · #D9F9DF
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE

Similar colors

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

#ADA2FF#B2A4FF#B2A5FF#9FA1FF#A8A6EE#A5AEFF#B2A0EE#B1AFFF#ABADEF#A399F0#A594F9#B7A5F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA3F9  ·  #AAA3FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA3FA?

#AAA3FA is Light Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 163, 250). Its closest standard named color is LightSkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA3FA?

#AAA3FA is RGB 170, 163, 250 — HSL 245°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 32%, 35%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #AAA3FA?

Its complement is #F3FAA3; analogous partners are #A3C7FA and #D6A3FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA3FA for text?

Black text on #AAA3FA has a contrast ratio of 9.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.25:1.