#aebef1

Color #aebef1

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.82 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aebef1

RGB

rgb(174, 190, 241)

HSL

hsl(225.7, 70.5%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.7, 27.8%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(77.39, 5.74, -27.07)

LCH

lch(77.39, 27.67, 281.97)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.0745, 271.08)

HWB

hwb(225.7, 68.2%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1e1ae

Analogous

#aee0f1

#aebef1

#c0aef1

Triadic

#aebef1

#f1aebe

#bef1ae

Split-complementary

#aebef1

#f1c0ae

#e0f1ae

Tetradic

#aebef1

#e1aef1

#f1e1ae

#bef1ae

Square

#aebef1

#f1aee0

#f1e1ae

#aef1c0

Shades

Color #aebef1 mixed toward black.

#738fe7

#385fdd

#1f41b1

#142c76

#0a163b

Tints

Color #aebef1 mixed toward white.

#bcc9f3

#c9d4f6

#d7dff8

#e4e9fa

#f2f4fd

Tones

Color #aebef1 mixed toward gray.

#b4c1eb

#b9c4e6

#bfc7e0

#c4cadb

#cacdd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5e6 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b4b3e3 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#afdddb · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 17.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aebef1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aebef1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aebef1 (#aebef1) is rgb(174, 190, 241) in RGB.

No, #aebef1 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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