#aea5de

Color #aea5de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#aea5de

RGB

rgb(174, 165, 222)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 46.3%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 25.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(70.3, 15.06, -27.61)

LCH

lch(70.3, 31.45, 298.61)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0816, 291.57)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 64.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5dea5

Analogous

#a5b9de

#aea5de

#cba5de

Triadic

#aea5de

#deaea5

#a5deae

Split-complementary

#aea5de

#decba5

#b9dea5

Tetradic

#aea5de

#dea5d5

#d5dea5

#a5deae

Square

#aea5de

#dea5b9

#d5dea5

#a5decb

Shades

Color #aea5de mixed toward black.

#8476cd

#5947bb

#42348e

#2c235e

#16112f

Tints

Color #aea5de mixed toward white.

#bcb4e3

#c9c3e9

#d7d2ee

#e4e1f4

#f2f0f9

Tones

Color #aea5de mixed toward gray.

#b1aad9

#b5afd5

#b8b3d0

#bbb8cb

#bebdc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaad2 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#ababcf · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#aec8c6 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea5de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea5de]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea5de (#aea5de) is rgb(174, 165, 222) in RGB.

No, #aea5de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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