#aea9d1

Color #aea9d1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.22 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea9d1

RGB

rgb(174, 169, 209)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 30.3%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 19.1%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(70.86, 9.9, -19.63)

LCH

lch(70.86, 21.99, 296.76)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0572, 290.69)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 66.3%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccd1a9

Analogous

#a9b8d1

#aea9d1

#c2a9d1

Triadic

#aea9d1

#d1aea9

#a9d1ae

Split-complementary

#aea9d1

#d1c2a9

#b8d1a9

Tetradic

#aea9d1

#d1a9cc

#ccd1a9

#a9d1ae

Square

#aea9d1

#d1a9b8

#ccd1a9

#a9d1c2

Shades

Color #aea9d1 mixed toward black.

#8780bb

#6158a4

#49427b

#312c52

#181629

Tints

Color #aea9d1 mixed toward white.

#bbb7d9

#c9c6e0

#d6d4e8

#e4e2f0

#f1f1f7

Tones

Color #aea9d1 mixed toward gray.

#b0acce

#b3b0ca

#b5b3c7

#b8b6c4

#babac0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacc8 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#acadc6 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#aec1bf · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea9d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea9d1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aea9d1 (#aea9d1) is rgb(174, 169, 209) in RGB.

No, #aea9d1 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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