#aea8c3

Color #aea8c3

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aea8c3

RGB

rgb(174, 168, 195)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 18.4%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 13.8%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(70.14, 7.45, -13)

LCH

lch(70.14, 14.98, 299.82)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0389, 295.58)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 65.9%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdc3a8

Analogous

#a8b0c3

#aea8c3

#bca8c3

Triadic

#aea8c3

#c3aea8

#a8c3ae

Split-complementary

#aea8c3

#c3bca8

#b0c3a8

Tetradic

#aea8c3

#c3a8bd

#bdc3a8

#a8c3ae

Square

#aea8c3

#c3a8b0

#bdc3a8

#a8c3bc

Shades

Color #aea8c3 mixed toward black.

#8d84aa

#6d638f

#514a6b

#363148

#1b1924

Tints

Color #aea8c3 mixed toward white.

#bcb7cd

#c9c5d7

#d7d4e1

#e4e2eb

#f2f1f5

Tones

Color #aea8c3 mixed toward gray.

#afaac1

#b1adbf

#b2afbc

#b3b1ba

#b4b3b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababbd · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#acacbb · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#aeb8b7 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea8c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea8c3]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aea8c3 (#aea8c3) is rgb(174, 168, 195) in RGB.

No, #aea8c3 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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