#aeb8ef

Color #aeb8ef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aeb8ef

RGB

rgb(174, 184, 239)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 67%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 27.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(75.77, 8.54, -28.47)

LCH

lch(75.77, 29.72, 286.7)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.0789, 276.48)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 68.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efe5ae

Analogous

#aed9ef

#aeb8ef

#c5aeef

Triadic

#aeb8ef

#efaeb8

#b8efae

Split-complementary

#aeb8ef

#efc5ae

#d9efae

Tetradic

#aeb8ef

#e5aeef

#efe5ae

#b8efae

Square

#aeb8ef

#efaed9

#efe5ae

#aeefc5

Shades

Color #aeb8ef mixed toward black.

#7586e4

#3b53d8

#2237ac

#172573

#0b1239

Tints

Color #aeb8ef mixed toward white.

#bcc4f2

#c9d0f4

#d7dcf7

#e4e7fa

#f2f3fc

Tones

Color #aeb8ef mixed toward gray.

#b3bcea

#b9c0e4

#bec3df

#c4c7d9

#c9cbd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b3e3 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#b2b1e0 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#afd9d7 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aeb8ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aeb8ef]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#aeb8ef (#aeb8ef) is rgb(174, 184, 239) in RGB.

No, #aeb8ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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