#aeb1ec

Color #aeb1ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 20.02 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb1ec

RGB

rgb(174, 177, 236)

HSL

hsl(237.1, 62%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.1, 26.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 25%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(73.87, 11.68, -29.77)

LCH

lch(73.87, 31.98, 291.42)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0839, 281.97)

HWB

hwb(237.1, 68.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece9ae

Analogous

#aed0ec

#aeb1ec

#caaeec

Triadic

#aeb1ec

#ecaeb1

#b1ecae

Split-complementary

#aeb1ec

#eccaae

#d0ecae

Tetradic

#aeb1ec

#e9aeec

#ece9ae

#b1ecae

Square

#aeb1ec

#ecaed0

#ece9ae

#aeecca

Shades

Color #aeb1ec mixed toward black.

#777cdf

#3f46d2

#272da6

#1a1e6f

#0d0f37

Tints

Color #aeb1ec mixed toward white.

#bcbeef

#c9cbf2

#d7d8f6

#e4e5f9

#f2f2fc

Tones

Color #aeb1ec mixed toward gray.

#b3b6e7

#b8bae2

#bebfdd

#c3c4d7

#c8c8d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafe0 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#afafdc · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#aed5d3 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb1ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb1ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aeb1ec (#aeb1ec) is rgb(174, 177, 236) in RGB.

No, #aeb1ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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