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#AEAEDA — Light Muted Blue

#AEAEDA 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 #AEAEDA 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.

#AEAEDA 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 #DADAAF; it also sits naturally between #AFC4DA and #C4AFDA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEAEDA · RGB 174, 174, 218

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Color values

HEX#AEAEDA
RGB174, 174, 218
HSL240°, 37%, 77%
HSV240°, 20%, 85%
CMYK20%, 20%, 0%, 15%
XYZ45.25, 44.33, 72.50
Yxy44.33, 0.2792, 0.2735
CIE-Lab72.45, 9.16, -22.15
Hunter Lab66.58, 8.47, -22.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 68% · Blue 85%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEAEDA

.text { color: #AEAEDA; }
.background { background-color: #AEAEDA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEAEDA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 174, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 37%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEAEDA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 174, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEAEDA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 174, 218, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEAEDA

#9696CF#7A7AC2#6262B7#4D4DA8#42428F#353573#2A2A5B#1F1F42#121226#06060E

Tints of #AEAEDA

#B6B6DD#BDBDE0#C4C4E4#CBCBE7#D2D2EA#D5D5EC#DCDCEF#E3E3F2#EAEAF5#F1F1F9

Tones of #AEAEDA

#B2B2D7#B5B5D4#B8B8D1#BBBBCE#BEBECB#C1C1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DADAAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEAEDA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEAEDA

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 #AEAEDA: ·

How #AEAEDA 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 #AEAEDA 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#A9B5DF#A7AAE1#A6B1E1#A4B3DE#A2AADB#B7A5DA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEAED9  ·  #AEAEDB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEAEDA?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEAEDA?

#AEAEDA is RGB 174, 174, 218 — HSL 240°, 37%, 77% — CMYK 20%, 20%, 0%, 15%.

What colors go with #AEAEDA?

Its complement is #DADAAF; analogous partners are #AFC4DA and #C4AFDA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEAEDA for text?

Black text on #AEAEDA has a contrast ratio of 9.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.