#aeaebd

Color #aeaebd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aeaebd

RGB

rgb(174, 174, 189)

HSL

hsl(240, 10.2%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(71.52, 2.93, -7.63)

LCH

lch(71.52, 8.17, 291.01)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0213, 285.8)

HWB

hwb(240, 68.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdbdae

Analogous

#aeb6bd

#aeaebd

#b6aebd

Triadic

#aeaebd

#bdaeae

#aebdae

Split-complementary

#aeaebd

#bdb6ae

#b6bdae

Tetradic

#aeaebd

#bdaebd

#bdbdae

#aebdae

Square

#aeaebd

#bdaeb6

#bdbdae

#aebdb6

Shades

Color #aeaebd mixed toward black.

#8d8da2

#6d6d85

#525264

#363643

#1b1b21

Tints

Color #aeaebd mixed toward white.

#bcbcc8

#c9c9d3

#d7d7de

#e4e4e9

#f2f2f4

Tones

Color #aeaebd mixed toward gray.

#afafbc

#b1b1bb

#b2b2b9

#b3b3b8

#b4b4b7

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

#aeaeba · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#aeaeb9 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#aeb7b6 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeaebd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeaebd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aeaebd (#aeaebd) is rgb(174, 174, 189) in RGB.

No, #aeaebd 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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