Information about #A6AFDD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A6AFDD reads as a clearly saturated deep-sea blue and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bauhaus (#A9AED5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6) and Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig (#AAA4E3).
In RGB terms — rgb(166, 175, 221) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A6AFDD: 9.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. #A6AFDD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#A6AFDD color variations
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#A6AFDD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A6AFDD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A6AFDD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A6AFDD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A6AFDD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A6AFDD color
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Nearest named colors to #A6AFDD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A9AED5
#ACACE6
#AAA4E3
#A2ADD0
#A2B9D2
#9EABD0
#9FA2D7
#ACB9E8
#A4AFCD
#AFBDD9
#B1B9D3
#9DBCD4
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A6AFDD
- RGB166, 175, 221
- CMYK22, 18, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(166, 175, 221)
- HSL230°, 45%, 76%
- HSL Precise230.182°, 44.715%, 75.882%
- HSV230°, 25%, 87%
- HSB230°, 25%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.686, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.686, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.686, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA6AFDD
- DECIMAL ID10923997
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers314 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
