#aeadc6

Color #aeadc6

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aeadc6

RGB

rgb(174, 173, 198)

HSL

hsl(242.4, 18%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.4, 12.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.53, 5.33, -12.57)

LCH

lch(71.53, 13.65, 292.98)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0355, 287.36)

HWB

hwb(242.4, 67.8%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c6ad

Analogous

#adb8c6

#aeadc6

#baadc6

Triadic

#aeadc6

#c6aead

#adc6ae

Split-complementary

#aeadc6

#c6baad

#b8c6ad

Tetradic

#aeadc6

#c6adc5

#c5c6ad

#adc6ae

Square

#aeadc6

#c6adb8

#c5c6ad

#adc6ba

Shades

Color #aeadc6 mixed toward black.

#8a88ad

#676592

#4d4c6d

#343349

#1a1924

Tints

Color #aeadc6 mixed toward white.

#bbbbcf

#c9c8d9

#d6d6e2

#e4e4ec

#f1f1f5

Tones

Color #aeadc6 mixed toward gray.

#b0afc4

#b2b1c2

#b4b3c0

#b6b5be

#b7b7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaec0 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaebf · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#aebcbb · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeadc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeadc6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aeadc6 (#aeadc6) is rgb(174, 173, 198) in RGB.

No, #aeadc6 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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