#aea7c5

Color #aea7c5

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea7c5

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 197)

HSL

hsl(254, 20.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254, 15.2%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(69.94, 8.42, -14.4)

LCH

lch(69.94, 16.68, 300.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0433, 296.03)

HWB

hwb(254, 65.5%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bec5a7

Analogous

#a7afc5

#aea7c5

#bda7c5

Triadic

#aea7c5

#c5aea7

#a7c5ae

Split-complementary

#aea7c5

#c5bda7

#afc5a7

Tetradic

#aea7c5

#c5a7be

#bec5a7

#a7c5ae

Square

#aea7c5

#c5a7af

#bec5a7

#a7c5bd

Shades

Color #aea7c5 mixed toward black.

#8c83ad

#6c6092

#51486e

#363049

#1b1825

Tints

Color #aea7c5 mixed toward white.

#bcb6cf

#c9c4d8

#d7d3e2

#e4e2ec

#f2f0f5

Tones

Color #aea7c5 mixed toward gray.

#afaac3

#b1acc0

#b2afbe

#b3b1bb

#b5b4b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbe · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#abacbd · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#aeb9b8 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea7c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea7c5]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Medium Purple #9370db

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aea7c5 (#aea7c5) is rgb(174, 167, 197) in RGB.

No, #aea7c5 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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