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#AAADDF — Light Muted Blue

#AAADDF 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 #AAADDF 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.

#AAADDF 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 #DFDCAA; it also sits naturally between #AAC7DF and #C2AADF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAADDF · RGB 170, 173, 223

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Color values

HEX#AAADDF
RGB170, 173, 223
HSL237°, 45%, 77%
HSV237°, 24%, 87%
CMYK24%, 22%, 0%, 13%
XYZ44.84, 43.76, 75.90
Yxy43.76, 0.2726, 0.2660
CIE-Lab72.07, 9.63, -25.49
Hunter Lab66.15, 8.90, -26.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 68% · Blue 87%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 0% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAADDF

.text { color: #AAADDF; }
.background { background-color: #AAADDF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAADDF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 173, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(237, 45%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAADDF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 173, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAADDF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 173, 223, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAADDF

#9094D5#7277CA#595EC0#4349B1#3A3E98#2E327A#242760#1B1D46#0F1129#06060F

Tints of #AAADDF

#B1B4E2#B9BBE4#C0C2E7#C8C9EA#CFD0ED#D3D4EE#DADBF1#E1E2F4#E9EAF7#F0F1F9

Tones of #AAADDF

#ADB0DB#B2B3D7#B5B7D4#B9BACF#BDBDCC#C1C1C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFDCAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAADDF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAADDF

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 #AAADDF: ·

How #AAADDF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABABD3Deuteranopia · #ABABD0Tritanopia · #AAC9C7

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 #AAADDF rather than the exact color:

Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2
Palette Fff2f2
#FFF2F2 · #A9B5DF · #7886C7 · #2D336B
Misty Ruby Canyon
#2028BA · #DB2D36 · #2CCC24 · #A9A9E6

Similar colors

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

#A7AAE1#A6B1E1#A8A8DC#AEB2E2#A9B5DF#A9A9E6#ADA6DC#A4B3DE#B2AFE3#A2AADB#ACB1D6#AFB4D9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAADDE  ·  #AAADE0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAADDF?

#AAADDF is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 173, 223). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAADDF?

#AAADDF is RGB 170, 173, 223 — HSL 237°, 45%, 77% — CMYK 24%, 22%, 0%, 13%.

What colors go with #AAADDF?

Its complement is #DFDCAA; analogous partners are #AAC7DF and #C2AADF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAADDF for text?

Black text on #AAADDF has a contrast ratio of 9.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.