#aeb9e6

Color #aeb9e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb9e6

RGB

rgb(174, 185, 230)

HSL

hsl(228.2, 52.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.2, 24.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(75.7, 5.87, -23.7)

LCH

lch(75.7, 24.42, 283.91)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0652, 274.14)

HWB

hwb(228.2, 68.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6dbae

Analogous

#aed5e6

#aeb9e6

#bfaee6

Triadic

#aeb9e6

#e6aeb9

#b9e6ae

Split-complementary

#aeb9e6

#e6bfae

#d5e6ae

Tetradic

#aeb9e6

#dbaee6

#e6dbae

#b9e6ae

Square

#aeb9e6

#e6aed5

#e6dbae

#aee6bf

Shades

Color #aeb9e6 mixed toward black.

#7b8dd6

#4760c6

#30459a

#202e67

#101733

Tints

Color #aeb9e6 mixed toward white.

#bbc5ea

#c9d0ee

#d6dcf2

#e4e8f7

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #aeb9e6 mixed toward gray.

#b3bce1

#b7bfdd

#bcc1d8

#c1c4d3

#c5c7cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3dc · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b2b1da · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#afd4d2 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 16.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb9e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb9e6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#aeb9e6 (#aeb9e6) is rgb(174, 185, 230) in RGB.

No, #aeb9e6 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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