#aeb5e8

Color #aeb5e8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb5e8

RGB

rgb(174, 181, 232)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 55.8%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 25%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 22%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(74.74, 8.53, -26.25)

LCH

lch(74.74, 27.6, 288)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.073, 278.51)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 68.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e1ae

Analogous

#aed2e8

#aeb5e8

#c4aee8

Triadic

#aeb5e8

#e8aeb5

#b5e8ae

Split-complementary

#aeb5e8

#e8c4ae

#d2e8ae

Tetradic

#aeb5e8

#e1aee8

#e8e1ae

#b5e8ae

Square

#aeb5e8

#e8aed2

#e8e1ae

#aee8c4

Shades

Color #aeb5e8 mixed toward black.

#7985d9

#4555ca

#2d3a9e

#1e2769

#0f1335

Tints

Color #aeb5e8 mixed toward white.

#bbc1ec

#c9cef0

#d6daf4

#e4e6f7

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #aeb5e8 mixed toward gray.

#b3b9e3

#b8bcde

#bcc0d9

#c1c4d5

#c6c7d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1dd · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#b1b0da · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#aed4d2 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb5e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb5e8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#aeb5e8 (#aeb5e8) is rgb(174, 181, 232) in RGB.

No, #aeb5e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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