#aea9bb

Color #aea9bb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aea9bb

RGB

rgb(174, 169, 187)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 11.7%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 9.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.15, 5.26, -8.57)

LCH

lch(70.15, 10.06, 301.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0261, 298.33)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 66.3%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6bba9

Analogous

#a9adbb

#aea9bb

#b7a9bb

Triadic

#aea9bb

#bbaea9

#a9bbae

Split-complementary

#aea9bb

#bbb7a9

#adbba9

Tetradic

#aea9bb

#bba9b6

#b6bba9

#a9bbae

Square

#aea9bb

#bba9ad

#b6bba9

#a9bbb7

Shades

Color #aea9bb mixed toward black.

#8f88a1

#716985

#544f63

#383442

#1c1a21

Tints

Color #aea9bb mixed toward white.

#bbb7c6

#c9c6d2

#d6d4dd

#e4e2e8

#f1f1f4

Tones

Color #aea9bb mixed toward gray.

#afaab9

#afacb8

#b0adb6

#b1afb5

#b1b0b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

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

#acacb7 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#acadb6 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#aeb3b3 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea9bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea9bb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#aea9bb (#aea9bb) is rgb(174, 169, 187) in RGB.

No, #aea9bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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