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#AEA2FA — Light Vivid Blue

#AEA2FA is a blue color we call Light Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #AEA2FA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AEA2FA is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EFFAA3; it also sits naturally between #A3C3FA and #DAA3FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEA2FA · RGB 174, 162, 250

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Color values

HEX#AEA2FA
RGB174, 162, 250
HSL248°, 90%, 81%
HSV248°, 35%, 98%
CMYK30%, 35%, 0%, 2%
XYZ47.63, 41.74, 95.99
Yxy41.74, 0.2570, 0.2252
CIE-Lab70.69, 23.48, -42.30
Hunter Lab64.61, 22.33, -48.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 64% · Blue 98%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AEA2FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEA2FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEA2FA

.text { color: #AEA2FA; }
.background { background-color: #AEA2FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEA2FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 162, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(248, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEA2FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 162, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEA2FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 162, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEA2FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEA2FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEA2FA

#8D7CF8#6F5AF6#4D34F4#2B0DF2#250BD0#1E09AA#170783#10055C#0A033A#030113

Tints of #AEA2FA

#B7ADFB#BBB1FB#C4BBFB#C8C0FC#D0CAFC#D5CFFC#DDD8FD#E1DDFD#EAE7FE#EEECFE

Tones of #AEA2FA

#B3A9F4#B8B0EE#BCB6E7#C1BCE1#C5C2DB#CAC8D5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFFAA3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.25:1 Fails
Against black text9.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEA2FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEA2FA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AEA2FA: ·

How #AEA2FA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A9A9E5Deuteranopia · #AAAAE0Tritanopia · #ADD4D0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEA2FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ada2ff
#ADA2FF · #C0DEFF · #FFE5F1 · #FFF8E1
Palette B2a4ff
#B2A4FF · #FFB4B4 · #FFDEB4 · #FDF7C3
Palette Fff9ca
#FFF9CA · #FFDEB4 · #FFB4B4 · #B2A4FF
Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ADA2FF#B2A4FF#B2A5FF#B2A0EE#B799FF#B7A5F0#A8A6EE#B1AFFF#A5AEFF#ABADEF#9FA1FF#A594F9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEA2F9  ·  #AEA2FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEA2FA?

#AEA2FA is Light Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 162, 250). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEA2FA?

#AEA2FA is RGB 174, 162, 250 — HSL 248°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 30%, 35%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #AEA2FA?

Its complement is #EFFAA3; analogous partners are #A3C3FA and #DAA3FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEA2FA for text?

Black text on #AEA2FA has a contrast ratio of 9.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.25:1.