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#AAAFDC — Light Muted Blue

#AAAFDC 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 #AAAFDC 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.

#AAAFDC 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 #DCD6A8; it also sits naturally between #A8C7DC and #BDA8DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAAFDC · RGB 170, 175, 220

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Color values

HEX#AAAFDC
RGB170, 175, 220
HSL234°, 42%, 76%
HSV234°, 23%, 86%
CMYK23%, 20%, 0%, 14%
XYZ44.83, 44.37, 73.91
Yxy44.37, 0.2748, 0.2720
CIE-Lab72.48, 7.83, -23.22
Hunter Lab66.61, 7.21, -23.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 69% · Blue 86%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 0% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAAFDC

.text { color: #AAAFDC; }
.background { background-color: #AAAFDC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAAFDC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 175, 220); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(234, 42%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAAFDC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 175, 220, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAAFDC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 175, 220, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAAFDC

#8F95D1#757EC7#5862BB#4650AA#3B4491#313877#262C5E#1B1E41#101328#06070E

Tints of #AAAFDC

#AFB4DE#B7BBE1#BEC2E4#C5C8E7#CCCFEA#D4D6ED#DBDDF0#E2E4F3#E9EBF6#F1F1F9

Tones of #AAAFDC

#ACB0D8#AFB3D4#B3B6D0#B7B9CD#BABCC9#BEBFC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DCD6A8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAAFDC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAAFDC

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 #AAAFDC: ·

How #AAAFDC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACACD1Deuteranopia · #ACACCFTritanopia · #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 #AAAFDC rather than the exact color:

Palette 8294c4
#8294C4 · #ACB1D6 · #DBDFEA · #FFEAD2
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Palette Fff2f2
#FFF2F2 · #A9B5DF · #7886C7 · #2D336B
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Crimson Mirage
#0E4C6F · #155EAB · #5AABE6 · #A4B3DE
Burning Orchard
#C8CBE4 · #AFB4D9 · #7980BE · #25294B

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAAFDB  ·  #AAAFDD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAAFDC?

#AAAFDC is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 170, 175, 220). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAAFDC?

#AAAFDC is RGB 170, 175, 220 — HSL 234°, 42%, 76% — CMYK 23%, 20%, 0%, 14%.

What colors go with #AAAFDC?

Its complement is #DCD6A8; analogous partners are #A8C7DC and #BDA8DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAAFDC for text?

Black text on #AAAFDC has a contrast ratio of 9.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.