#aeabbd

Color #aeabbd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aeabbd

RGB

rgb(174, 171, 189)

HSL

hsl(250, 12%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 9.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(70.73, 4.57, -8.8)

LCH

lch(70.73, 9.92, 297.44)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0257, 293.37)

HWB

hwb(250, 67.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#babdab

Analogous

#abb1bd

#aeabbd

#b7abbd

Triadic

#aeabbd

#bdaeab

#abbdae

Split-complementary

#aeabbd

#bdb7ab

#b1bdab

Tetradic

#aeabbd

#bdabba

#babdab

#abbdae

Square

#aeabbd

#bdabb1

#babdab

#abbdb7

Shades

Color #aeabbd mixed toward black.

#8e89a3

#6e6a86

#534f65

#373543

#1c1a22

Tints

Color #aeabbd mixed toward white.

#bcb9c8

#c9c7d3

#d7d5de

#e4e3e9

#f2f1f4

Tones

Color #aeabbd mixed toward gray.

#afadbc

#b0aeba

#b1b0b9

#b2b1b7

#b3b3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadb9 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#adadb8 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#aeb5b5 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeabbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeabbd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#aeabbd (#aeabbd) is rgb(174, 171, 189) in RGB.

No, #aeabbd 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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