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#AAA6DF — Light Muted Blue

#AAA6DF 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 #AAA6DF 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.

#AAA6DF 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 #DBDFA5; it also sits naturally between #A5BEDF and #C6A5DF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA6DF · RGB 170, 166, 223

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Color values

HEX#AAA6DF
RGB170, 166, 223
HSL244°, 47%, 76%
HSV244°, 26%, 87%
CMYK24%, 26%, 0%, 13%
XYZ43.53, 41.15, 75.46
Yxy41.15, 0.2718, 0.2569
CIE-Lab70.28, 13.53, -28.23
Hunter Lab64.15, 12.51, -29.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 65% · Blue 87%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 0% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA6DF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA6DF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA6DF

.text { color: #AAA6DF; }
.background { background-color: #AAA6DF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA6DF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 166, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(244, 47%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA6DF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 166, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA6DF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 166, 223, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA6DF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA6DF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA6DF

#908BD5#7771CC#5A53C1#4740B0#3C3696#322D7C#272361#1B1843#110F29#06050F

Tints of #AAA6DF

#B0ADE1#B7B4E4#BEBCE7#C6C3E9#CDCBEC#D4D2EF#DBDAF1#E2E1F4#E9E9F7#F1F0FA

Tones of #AAA6DF

#ADA9DA#B0ADD7#B3B1D2#B7B6CE#BBBACA#BEBEC6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DBDFA5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.28:1 Fails
Against black text9.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA6DF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA6DF

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 #AAA6DF: ·

How #AAA6DF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A8D1Deuteranopia · #A9A9CETritanopia · #AAC6C4

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 #AAA6DF rather than the exact color:

Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Smoky Ruby Whisper
#757F1C · #B6DE68 · #6355DA · #ACA1E3
Misty Ruby Canyon
#2028BA · #DB2D36 · #2CCC24 · #A9A9E6
Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3

Similar colors

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

#A8A8DC#ADA6DC#A7AAE1#ACA1E3#A9A9E6#A3A7E4#AFA7E7#A2AADB#A6B1E1#B2AFE3#AEB2E2#B7A3E3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA6DE  ·  #AAA6E0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA6DF?

#AAA6DF is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 166, 223). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA6DF?

#AAA6DF is RGB 170, 166, 223 — HSL 244°, 47%, 76% — CMYK 24%, 26%, 0%, 13%.

What colors go with #AAA6DF?

Its complement is #DBDFA5; analogous partners are #A5BEDF and #C6A5DF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA6DF for text?

Black text on #AAA6DF has a contrast ratio of 9.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.28:1.