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#AAA4DB — Light Muted Blue

#AAA4DB 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 #AAA4DB 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.

#AAA4DB 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 #D4DBA4; it also sits naturally between #A4B9DB and #C6A4DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA4DB · RGB 170, 164, 219

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Color values

HEX#AAA4DB
RGB170, 164, 219
HSL247°, 43%, 75%
HSV247°, 25%, 86%
CMYK22%, 25%, 0%, 14%
XYZ42.64, 40.21, 72.53
Yxy40.21, 0.2744, 0.2588
CIE-Lab69.62, 13.71, -27.05
Hunter Lab63.41, 12.64, -27.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 86%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA4DB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA4DB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA4DB

.text { color: #AAA4DB; }
.background { background-color: #AAA4DB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA4DB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 164, 219); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(247, 43%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA4DB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 164, 219, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA4DB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 164, 219, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA4DB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA4DB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA4DB

#928AD0#7B71C6#6357BC#5044AB#443A92#372F75#2B245B#1F1A42#131028#07060F

Tints of #AAA4DB

#B1ABDE#B8B2E0#BFBAE3#C5C1E6#D0CCEB#D6D3EE#DDDBF0#E4E2F3#EBE9F6#F1F0F9

Tones of #AAA4DB

#ADA8D7#B0ABD3#B3AFCF#B6B4CB#B9B8C7#BCBBC3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D4DBA4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.32:1 Fails
Against black text9.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA4DB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA4DB

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 #AAA4DB: ·

How #AAA4DB 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 · #A8A8CATritanopia · #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 #AAA4DB 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#B7A5DA#A8A4CE#AFA7E7#AA96DA#ACB1D6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA4DA  ·  #AAA4DC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA4DB?

#AAA4DB is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 164, 219). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA4DB?

#AAA4DB is RGB 170, 164, 219 — HSL 247°, 43%, 75% — CMYK 22%, 25%, 0%, 14%.

What colors go with #AAA4DB?

Its complement is #D4DBA4; analogous partners are #A4B9DB and #C6A4DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA4DB for text?

Black text on #AAA4DB has a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.32:1.