Information about #AAA6ED color

#AAA6ED color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AAA6ED falls into the Blue Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 166, 237) — 66.7% red, 65.1% green, 92.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 26 / 28 / 0 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#AAA6ED is a strongly colored classic blue that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6). Slightly further away sit Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig (#AAA4E3) and Dull Lavender (#A899E6).

The recipe behind #AAA6ED is rgb(170, 166, 237), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AAA6ED: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AAA6ED color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AAA6ED color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AAA6ED color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AAA6ED color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AAA6ED color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AAA6ED 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #AAA6ED

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maximum Blue Purple color link
Maximum Blue Purple

#ACACE6

Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig color link
Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig

#AAA4E3

Dull Lavender color link
Dull Lavender

#A899E6

Very Light Persian Blue color link
Very Light Persian Blue

#AA9EFF

Perano color link
Perano

#ACB9E8

Very Light Phthalo Blue color link
Very Light Phthalo Blue

#9EAAFF

Very Light Indigo color link
Very Light Indigo

#B69EFF

Light Pastel Purple color link
Light Pastel Purple

#B19CD9

Pale Light Grayish Blue color link
Pale Light Grayish Blue

#B8B8E7

Ashley's Lavender Calm color link
Ashley's Lavender Calm

#9FA2D7

Bauhaus color link
Bauhaus

#A9AED5

Pastel Denim color link
Pastel Denim

#AFC0EA

#AAA6ED color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AAA6ED
  • RGB170, 166, 237
  • CMYK26, 28, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(170, 166, 237)
  • HSL243°, 66%, 79%
  • HSL Precise243.38°, 66.355%, 79.02%
  • HSV243°, 30%, 93%
  • HSB243°, 30%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.651, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.651, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.651, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAAA6ED
  • DECIMAL ID11183853
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers50 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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