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#AAAAF4 — Light Blue

#AAAAF4 is a blue color we call Light 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 #AAAAF4 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.

#AAAAF4 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 #F4F4A9; it also sits naturally between #A9CFF4 and #CFA9F4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAAAF4 · RGB 170, 170, 244

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Color values

HEX#AAAAF4
RGB170, 170, 244
HSL240°, 77%, 81%
HSV240°, 30%, 96%
CMYK30%, 30%, 0%, 4%
XYZ47.28, 43.83, 91.56
Yxy43.83, 0.2588, 0.2399
CIE-Lab72.11, 16.38, -36.85
Hunter Lab66.20, 15.41, -40.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 96%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAAAF4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAAAF4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAAAF4

.text { color: #AAAAF4; }
.background { background-color: #AAAAF4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAAAF4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 170, 244); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 77%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAAAF4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 170, 244, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAAAF4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 170, 244, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAAAF4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAAAF4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAAAF4

#8585EF#6666EB#4141E6#1D1DE2#1919C2#15159E#10107A#0B0B56#070736#020212

Tints of #AAAAF4

#B2B2F5#B7B7F6#C0C0F7#C4C4F7#CDCDF9#D2D2F9#DBDBFA#DFDFFB#E8E8FC#EDEDFD

Tones of #AAAAF4

#AFAFEF#B4B4E9#B9B9E4#BFBFDF#C4C4D9#C9C9D4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4F4A9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAAAF4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAAAF4

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 #AAAAF4: ·

How #AAAAF4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AAAAE2Deuteranopia · #AAAADETritanopia · #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 #AAAAF4 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE
Frozen Ruby Saffron
#B2B1F1 · #5553E4 · #2321A1 · #17166A
Amber Ruby Breeze
#8A9416 · #E1E237 · #6358E7 · #B3ACED
Silent Ruby Ember
#16ADA7 · #30B8E5 · #6DA8EC · #9FAEF3
Palette 6b76ff
#6B76FF · #A5AEFF · #C8E4FE · #FEFFE0

Similar colors

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

#ABADEF#A8A6EE#B2B1F1#B3ACED#9FAEF3#A5AEFF#B2B1EB#ADA2FF#B1AFFF#A9A9E6#B2A0EE#AFA7E7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAAAF3  ·  #AAAAF5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAAAF4?

#AAAAF4 is Light Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 170, 244). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAAAF4?

#AAAAF4 is RGB 170, 170, 244 — HSL 240°, 77%, 81% — CMYK 30%, 30%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #AAAAF4?

Its complement is #F4F4A9; analogous partners are #A9CFF4 and #CFA9F4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAAAF4 for text?

Black text on #AAAAF4 has a contrast ratio of 9.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.