#AAA7FF

sRGB: 170 / 167 / 255

Radiant blossoms flourish beyond boundaries
Sacred blossoms unfold through ancient forests
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#AAA7FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 170 red, 167 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 242.0° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 170, 167, 255
HSL: 242.05°, 100.00%, 82.75%
HSV / HSB: 242.05°, 34.51%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 33.33%, 34.51%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.443, 43.403, 100.436
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.828, 20.829, -43.248
WCAG relative luminance: 0.43403
24-bit decimal: 11184127

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AAA7FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.68:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FCFFA7 sits half a turn (180°) from #AAA7FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AAA7FF #FCFFA7

Analogous

#A7D0FF and #D6A7FF sit 30° to either side of #AAA7FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A7D0FF #AAA7FF #D6A7FF

Triadic

#AAA7FF, #FFAAA7 and #A7FFAA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AAA7FF #FFAAA7 #A7FFAA

Split complementary

Start at #AAA7FF and look across the wheel. #FFD6A7 and #D0FFA7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AAA7FF #FFD6A7 #D0FFA7

Square

Starting with #AAA7FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFA7D0, #FCFFA7, then #A7FFD6. Across the square, #AAA7FF pairs with #FCFFA7, and #FFA7D0 with #A7FFD6.

#AAA7FF #FFA7D0 #FCFFA7 #A7FFD6

Tetradic

#AAA7FF and #FCFFA7 are opposites, as are #FFA7FC and #A7FFAA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AAA7FF #FFA7FC #FCFFA7 #A7FFAA

Tints

Mixing #AAA7FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBB9FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEEDFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#AAA7FF #BBB9FF #CCCAFF #DDDCFF #EEEDFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AAA7FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8886CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #222133, the mixture is 80% black.

#AAA7FF #8886CC #666499 #444366 #222133 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AAA7FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A29FE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #888899, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AAA7FF #A29FE6 #9997CC #9190B3 #888899 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AAA7FF

RGB

rgb(170 167 255)

HSL

hsl(242.045 100.000% 82.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AAA7FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AAA7FF uses 170 red, 167 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 66.7%

Green 65.5%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AAA7FF is 33.3% cyan, 34.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.3%

Magenta 34.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAAFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AAA7FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAAFF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#AAA7FF #B8B6F0 #C5C4E2 #D3D3D3 #E1E2C4 #EEF0B6 #FCFFA7

Color vision previews

Compare how #AAA7FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8CB3FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8AADFD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#94B7C7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#97AEFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#95ACFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A5ADED

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B0B0B0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#ADACDC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.40198 G 0.38643 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.66460 G 0.65530 B 0.97559

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.39922 G 0.38695 B 0.94536

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.252 y 0.226 Y 43.403

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 33.333 M % 34.510 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101010 10100111 11111111