#aea6da

Color #aea6da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 18.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aea6da

RGB

rgb(174, 166, 218)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 41.3%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 23.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(70.41, 13.59, -25.25)

LCH

lch(70.41, 28.67, 298.29)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0745, 291.5)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 65.1%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2daa6

Analogous

#a6b8da

#aea6da

#c8a6da

Triadic

#aea6da

#daaea6

#a6daae

Split-complementary

#aea6da

#dac8a6

#b8daa6

Tetradic

#aea6da

#daa6d2

#d2daa6

#a6daae

Square

#aea6da

#daa6b8

#d2daa6

#a6dac8

Shades

Color #aea6da mixed toward black.

#8579c7

#5c4cb4

#453888

#2e265a

#17132d

Tints

Color #aea6da mixed toward white.

#bbb5e0

#c9c4e6

#d6d3ed

#e4e1f3

#f1f0f9

Tones

Color #aea6da mixed toward gray.

#b1aad6

#b4afd1

#b7b3cd

#bab7c9

#bdbcc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababcf · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#abaccc · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#aec6c4 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea6da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea6da]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea6da (#aea6da) is rgb(174, 166, 218) in RGB.

No, #aea6da is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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