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#AEAFEA Color

#AEAFEA is rgb(174, 175, 234) in RGB, hsl(239, 59%, 80%) in HSL, and about cmyk(26%, 25%, 0%, 8%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.2. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AEAFEA
HEX#AEAFEA
RGBrgb(174, 175, 234)
HSLhsl(239, 59%, 80%)
HSVhsv(239, 26%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 25%, 0%, 8%)
OKLCHoklch(77.4% 0.084 283.5)
LABlab(72.98% 9.22 -29.87)
LCHlch(72.98% 31.26 287.15)

What #AEAFEA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AEAFEA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every blue in the library.

#AEAFEA Channel Values

How #AEAFEA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 174 · G 175 · B 2348-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 239° · S 59% · L 80%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 239° · S 26% · V 92%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 26% · M 25% · Y 0% · K 8%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.08:1 vs white · 10.12:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AEAFEA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.08:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text10.12:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AEAFEA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AEAFEA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary
Analogous
Analogous
Triadic
Triadic
Split comp.
Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #AEAFEA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AEAFEA.

How #AEAFEA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AEAFEA
Protanopia#AFAFEA
Protanomaly#AEAFEA
Deuteranopia#AFAFEA
Deuteranomaly#AEAFEA
Tritanopia#A4B8B8
Tritanomaly#A8B4CE
Achromatopsia#B4B4B4

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AEAFEA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aeafea: #AEAFEA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AEAFEA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aeafea': '#AEAFEA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.686, blue: 0.918)
Android XML<color name="color_aeafea">#AEAFEA</color>
SVG fillfill="#AEAFEA"

More Blue Colors

#AEAFEA sits in the blue family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AEAFEA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AEAFEA?

#AEAFEA is a lightest blue — rgb(174, 175, 234) in RGB and hsl(239, 59%, 80%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.2.

What is the RGB value of #AEAFEA?

#AEAFEA is rgb(174, 175, 234) — red 174, green 175, and blue 234 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AEAFEA?

#AEAFEA converts to approximately cmyk(26%, 25%, 0%, 8%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AEAFEA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AEAFEA scores 2.08:1 against white and 10.12:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AEAFEA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AEAFEA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE) at a CIE76 distance of 19.58, which is visibly different.

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