#aea8e2

Color #aea8e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea8e2

RGB

rgb(174, 168, 226)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(71.21, 14.32, -28.41)

LCH

lch(71.21, 31.81, 296.75)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0827, 288.98)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dce2a8

Analogous

#a8bfe2

#aea8e2

#cba8e2

Triadic

#aea8e2

#e2aea8

#a8e2ae

Split-complementary

#aea8e2

#e2cba8

#bfe2a8

Tetradic

#aea8e2

#e2a8dc

#dce2a8

#a8e2ae

Square

#aea8e2

#e2a8bf

#dce2a8

#a8e2cb

Shades

Color #aea8e2 mixed toward black.

#8077d2

#5246c1

#3b3194

#282163

#141031

Tints

Color #aea8e2 mixed toward white.

#bcb7e7

#c9c5ec

#d7d4f1

#e4e2f5

#f2f1fa

Tones

Color #aea8e2 mixed toward gray.

#b2addd

#b6b2d8

#bab7d4

#bdbbcf

#c1c0ca

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

#ababd6 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#acacd3 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#aeccc9 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea8e2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea8e2 (#aea8e2) is rgb(174, 168, 226) in RGB.

No, #aea8e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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