#aeaac8

Color #aeaac8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aeaac8

RGB

rgb(174, 170, 200)

HSL

hsl(248, 21.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 15%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(70.81, 7.4, -14.74)

LCH

lch(70.81, 16.49, 296.66)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0429, 291.48)

HWB

hwb(248, 66.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4c8aa

Analogous

#aab5c8

#aeaac8

#bdaac8

Triadic

#aeaac8

#c8aeaa

#aac8ae

Split-complementary

#aeaac8

#c8bdaa

#b5c8aa

Tetradic

#aeaac8

#c8aac4

#c4c8aa

#aac8ae

Square

#aeaac8

#c8aab5

#c4c8aa

#aac8bd

Shades

Color #aeaac8 mixed toward black.

#8a84b0

#686196

#4e4970

#34304b

#1a1825

Tints

Color #aeaac8 mixed toward white.

#bbb8d1

#c9c6da

#d6d4e3

#e4e3ed

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #aeaac8 mixed toward gray.

#b0acc5

#b2afc3

#b3b1c0

#b5b4be

#b7b6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacc1 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#adadc0 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#aebcbb · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeaac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeaac8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#aeaac8 (#aeaac8) is rgb(174, 170, 200) in RGB.

No, #aeaac8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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