#aea7eb

Color #aea7eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.25 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea7eb

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 235)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 63%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 28.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 28.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(71.31, 17, -33.17)

LCH

lch(71.31, 37.27, 297.14)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0968, 288.55)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 65.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4eba7

Analogous

#a7c2eb

#aea7eb

#d0a7eb

Triadic

#aea7eb

#ebaea7

#a7ebae

Split-complementary

#aea7eb

#ebd0a7

#c2eba7

Tetradic

#aea7eb

#eba7e4

#e4eba7

#a7ebae

Square

#aea7eb

#eba7c2

#e4eba7

#a7ebd0

Shades

Color #aea7eb mixed toward black.

#7c70df

#493ad2

#3225a4

#22196d

#110c37

Tints

Color #aea7eb mixed toward white.

#bbb6ee

#c9c4f2

#d6d3f5

#e4e2f8

#f1f0fc

Tones

Color #aea7eb mixed toward gray.

#b2ade5

#b7b2e0

#bbb8da

#c0bed4

#c4c3cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababdd · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#abacd9 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#aed1ce · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea7eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea7eb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea7eb (#aea7eb) is rgb(174, 167, 235) in RGB.

No, #aea7eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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