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#AEADE0 — Light Muted Blue

#AEADE0 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 #AEADE0 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.

#AEADE0 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 #DFE0AE; it also sits naturally between #AEC6E0 and #C8AEE0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEADE0 · RGB 174, 173, 224

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Color values

HEX#AEADE0
RGB174, 173, 224
HSL241°, 45%, 78%
HSV241°, 23%, 88%
CMYK22%, 23%, 0%, 12%
XYZ45.85, 44.27, 76.65
Yxy44.27, 0.2750, 0.2654
CIE-Lab72.41, 11.08, -25.49
Hunter Lab66.53, 10.30, -26.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 68% · Blue 88%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 0% · Key 12%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEADE0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEADE0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEADE0

.text { color: #AEADE0; }
.background { background-color: #AEADE0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEADE0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 173, 224); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(241, 45%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEADE0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 173, 224, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEADE0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 173, 224, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEADE0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEADE0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEADE0

#9594D6#7876CB#5E5CC1#4543B1#3B3A98#31307E#252460#1B1B46#100F29#06060F

Tints of #AEADE0

#B6B5E3#BDBCE6#C1C0E7#C8C8EA#CFCFED#D7D6F0#DEDEF2#E2E1F4#E9E9F7#F0F0F9

Tones of #AEADE0

#B2B1DD#B6B5D9#B9B8D5#BDBCD2#C0C0CE#C4C4CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFE0AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEADE0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEADE0

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 #AEADE0: ·

How #AEADE0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAED4Deuteranopia · #AEAED1Tritanopia · #AECAC8

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 #AEADE0 rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Tempest
#2529A4 · #A9262A · #3FD23B · #B2AFE3
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Misty Ruby Canyon
#2028BA · #DB2D36 · #2CCC24 · #A9A9E6

Similar colors

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

#B2AFE3#AEB2E2#A7AAE1#ADA6DC#A8A8DC#A9A9E6#A6B1E1#AFA7E7#B2B0E8#A9B5DF#AFB4D9#B4AEE8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEADDF  ·  #AEADE1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEADE0?

#AEADE0 is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 173, 224). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEADE0?

#AEADE0 is RGB 174, 173, 224 — HSL 241°, 45%, 78% — CMYK 22%, 23%, 0%, 12%.

What colors go with #AEADE0?

Its complement is #DFE0AE; analogous partners are #AEC6E0 and #C8AEE0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEADE0 for text?

Black text on #AEADE0 has a contrast ratio of 9.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.