#aeb4e7

Color #aeb4e7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb4e7

RGB

rgb(174, 180, 231)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 54.3%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 24.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(74.45, 8.84, -26.16)

LCH

lch(74.45, 27.61, 288.67)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0729, 279.32)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 68.2%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e1ae

Analogous

#aed0e7

#aeb4e7

#c4aee7

Triadic

#aeb4e7

#e7aeb4

#b4e7ae

Split-complementary

#aeb4e7

#e7c4ae

#d0e7ae

Tetradic

#aeb4e7

#e1aee7

#e7e1ae

#b4e7ae

Square

#aeb4e7

#e7aed0

#e7e1ae

#aee7c4

Shades

Color #aeb4e7 mixed toward black.

#7a84d8

#4653c8

#2e3a9c

#1f2768

#0f1334

Tints

Color #aeb4e7 mixed toward white.

#bbc0eb

#c9cdef

#d6d9f3

#e4e6f7

#f1f2fb

Tones

Color #aeb4e7 mixed toward gray.

#b3b8e2

#b7bbdd

#bcbfd9

#c1c3d4

#c6c7cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1dc · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#b0b0d9 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#aed3d1 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb4e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb4e7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aeb4e7 (#aeb4e7) is rgb(174, 180, 231) in RGB.

No, #aeb4e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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