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#AEAFDF — Light Muted Blue

#AEAFDF 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 #AEAFDF 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.

#AEAFDF 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 #DFDEAF; it also sits naturally between #AFC8DF and #C6AFDF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEAFDF · RGB 174, 175, 223

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Color values

HEX#AEAFDF
RGB174, 175, 223
HSL239°, 43%, 78%
HSV239°, 22%, 87%
CMYK22%, 22%, 0%, 13%
XYZ46.10, 44.99, 76.07
Yxy44.99, 0.2758, 0.2691
CIE-Lab72.88, 9.75, -24.22
Hunter Lab67.07, 9.05, -24.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 69% · Blue 87%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 0% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEAFDF

.text { color: #AEAFDF; }
.background { background-color: #AEAFDF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEAFDF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 175, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(239, 43%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEAFDF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 175, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEAFDF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 175, 223, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEAFDF

#9596D5#7879C9#5F60BF#4648AF#3C3D96#31337C#26275F#1C1C45#101028#06060F

Tints of #AEAFDF

#B6B7E2#BDBEE5#C1C2E6#C8C9E9#D0D0EC#D7D7EF#DEDFF2#E2E2F3#E9E9F6#F0F1F9

Tones of #AEAFDF

#B2B3DC#B6B6D8#B9B9D5#BDBDD1#C0C0CE#C4C4CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFDEAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.10:1 Fails
Against black text10.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEAFDF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEAFDF

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 #AEAFDF: ·

How #AEAFDF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAED3Deuteranopia · #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 #AEAFDF rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2
Dreamy Tempest
#2529A4 · #A9262A · #3FD23B · #B2AFE3
Palette Fff2f2
#FFF2F2 · #A9B5DF · #7886C7 · #2D336B
Burning Orchard
#C8CBE4 · #AFB4D9 · #7980BE · #25294B
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB

Similar colors

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

#AEB2E2#B2AFE3#A9B5DF#AFB4D9#A6B1E1#A7AAE1#ACB1D6#ADA6DC#A8A8DC#B2B0E8#A9A9E6#A4B3DE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEAFDE  ·  #AEAFE0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEAFDF?

#AEAFDF is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 175, 223). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEAFDF?

#AEAFDF is RGB 174, 175, 223 — HSL 239°, 43%, 78% — CMYK 22%, 22%, 0%, 13%.

What colors go with #AEAFDF?

Its complement is #DFDEAF; analogous partners are #AFC8DF and #C6AFDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEAFDF for text?

Black text on #AEAFDF has a contrast ratio of 10.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.