#aeb9ca

Color #aeb9ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb9ca

RGB

rgb(174, 185, 202)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 20.9%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 13.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(74.8, -0.35, -9.87)

LCH

lch(74.8, 9.88, 267.97)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0271, 258.94)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 68.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cabfae

Analogous

#aec7ca

#aeb9ca

#b1aeca

Triadic

#aeb9ca

#caaeb9

#b9caae

Split-complementary

#aeb9ca

#cab1ae

#c7caae

Tetradic

#aeb9ca

#bfaeca

#cabfae

#b9caae

Square

#aeb9ca

#caaec7

#cabfae

#aecab1

Shades

Color #aeb9ca mixed toward black.

#8898b1

#637897

#4a5a72

#323c4c

#191e26

Tints

Color #aeb9ca mixed toward white.

#bbc5d3

#c9d0dc

#d6dce4

#e4e8ed

#f1f3f6

Tones

Color #aeb9ca mixed toward gray.

#b0b9c8

#b3bac5

#b5bac3

#b7bbc1

#babbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3c6 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#b2b1c5 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#afc3c2 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb9ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb9ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#aeb9ca (#aeb9ca) is rgb(174, 185, 202) in RGB.

No, #aeb9ca 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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