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#AAAADF — Light Muted Blue

#AAAADF 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 #AAAADF 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.

#AAAADF 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 #DFDFAA; it also sits naturally between #AAC4DF and #C4AADF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAAADF · RGB 170, 170, 223

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Color values

HEX#AAAADF
RGB170, 170, 223
HSL240°, 45%, 77%
HSV240°, 24%, 87%
CMYK24%, 24%, 0%, 13%
XYZ44.27, 42.62, 75.71
Yxy42.62, 0.2723, 0.2621
CIE-Lab71.30, 11.30, -26.67
Hunter Lab65.29, 10.44, -27.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 87%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAAADF

.text { color: #AAAADF; }
.background { background-color: #AAAADF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAAADF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 170, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 45%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAAADF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 170, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAAADF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 170, 223, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAAADF

#9090D5#7272CA#5959C0#4343B1#3A3A98#2E2E7A#242460#1B1B46#0F0F29#06060F

Tints of #AAAADF

#B1B1E2#B9B9E4#C0C0E7#C8C8EA#CFCFED#D3D3EE#DADAF1#E1E1F4#E9E9F7#F0F0F9

Tones of #AAAADF

#ADADDB#B2B2D7#B5B5D4#B9B9CF#BDBDCC#C1C1C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFDFAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.20:1 Fails
Against black text9.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAAADF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAAADF

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 #AAAADF: ·

How #AAAADF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AAAAD2Deuteranopia · #AAAACFTritanopia · #AAC8C6

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 #AAAADF rather than the exact color:

Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Misty Ruby Canyon
#2028BA · #DB2D36 · #2CCC24 · #A9A9E6
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Palette Fff2e0
#FFF2E0 · #C0C9EE · #A2AADB · #898AC4

Similar colors

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

#A7AAE1#A8A8DC#ADA6DC#A9A9E6#A6B1E1#A2AADB#A3A7E4#AEB2E2#AFA7E7#ACA1E3#B2AFE3#A4B3DE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAAADE  ·  #AAAAE0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAAADF?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAAADF?

#AAAADF is RGB 170, 170, 223 — HSL 240°, 45%, 77% — CMYK 24%, 24%, 0%, 13%.

What colors go with #AAAADF?

Its complement is #DFDFAA; analogous partners are #AAC4DF and #C4AADF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAAADF for text?

Black text on #AAAADF has a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.20:1.