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#AEADDA — Light Muted Blue

#AEADDA is a blue color we call Light Muted Blue, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AEADDA 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.

#AEADDA is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #DADBAE; it also sits naturally between #AEC4DB and #C5AEDB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEADDA · RGB 174, 173, 218

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Color values

HEX#AEADDA
RGB174, 173, 218
HSL241°, 38%, 77%
HSV241°, 21%, 85%
CMYK20%, 21%, 0%, 15%
XYZ45.05, 43.95, 72.44
Yxy43.95, 0.2791, 0.2722
CIE-Lab72.19, 9.71, -22.54
Hunter Lab66.29, 8.98, -22.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 68% · Blue 85%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 0% · Key 15%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEADDA

.text { color: #AEADDA; }
.background { background-color: #AEADDA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEADDA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 173, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(241, 38%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEADDA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 173, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEADDA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 173, 218, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEADDA

#9695D0#7B79C3#6261B8#4D4CA9#424190#353474#2A295B#1F1E43#121127#06060E

Tints of #AEADDA

#B6B5DE#BDBCE1#C4C3E4#CBCAE7#D2D1EA#D5D5EC#DCDCEF#E3E3F2#EAEAF6#F1F1F9

Tones of #AEADDA

#B2B1D8#B5B5D4#B8B7D1#BBBBCE#BEBECB#C2C1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DADBAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEADDA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEADDA

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 #AEADDA: ·

How #AEADDA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAECFDeuteranopia · #AEAECDTritanopia · #AEC7C5

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 8294c4
#8294C4 · #ACB1D6 · #DBDFEA · #FFEAD2
Burning Orchard
#C8CBE4 · #AFB4D9 · #7980BE · #25294B
Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2
Dreamy Tempest
#2529A4 · #A9262A · #3FD23B · #B2AFE3

Similar colors

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

#ACB1D6#AFB4D9#ADA6DC#A8A8DC#AEB2E2#B2AFE3#A7AAE1#A9B5DF#A6B1E1#B7A5DA#A4B3DE#A2AADB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEADD9  ·  #AEADDB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEADDA?

#AEADDA is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 173, 218). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEADDA?

#AEADDA is RGB 174, 173, 218 — HSL 241°, 38%, 77% — CMYK 20%, 21%, 0%, 15%.

What colors go with #AEADDA?

Its complement is #DADBAE; analogous partners are #AEC4DB and #C5AEDB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEADDA for text?

Black text on #AEADDA has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.