#aea7e9

Color #aea7e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.11 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aea7e9

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 233)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 60%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 28.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(71.23, 16.52, -32.2)

LCH

lch(71.23, 36.19, 297.16)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.094, 288.8)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 65.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e9a7

Analogous

#a7c1e9

#aea7e9

#cfa7e9

Triadic

#aea7e9

#e9aea7

#a7e9ae

Split-complementary

#aea7e9

#e9cfa7

#c1e9a7

Tetradic

#aea7e9

#e9a7e2

#e2e9a7

#a7e9ae

Square

#aea7e9

#e9a7c1

#e2e9a7

#a7e9cf

Shades

Color #aea7e9 mixed toward black.

#7d72dc

#4c3cce

#3528a0

#231b6b

#120d35

Tints

Color #aea7e9 mixed toward white.

#bbb6ed

#c9c4f0

#d6d3f4

#e4e2f8

#f1f0fb

Tones

Color #aea7e9 mixed toward gray.

#b2ace3

#b7b2de

#bbb7d8

#bfbdd3

#c4c2cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababdb · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#abacd8 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#aed0cd · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea7e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea7e9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea7e9 (#aea7e9) is rgb(174, 167, 233) in RGB.

No, #aea7e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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