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#AEAFFD — Pale Vivid Blue

#AEAFFD is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #AEAFFD 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.

#AEAFFD 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 #FDFCAF; it also sits naturally between #AFD7FD and #D5AFFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEAFFD · RGB 174, 175, 253

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Color values

HEX#AEAFFD
RGB174, 175, 253
HSL239°, 95%, 84%
HSV239°, 31%, 99%
CMYK31%, 31%, 0%, 1%
XYZ50.52, 46.75, 99.29
Yxy46.75, 0.2570, 0.2378
CIE-Lab74.03, 16.95, -38.72
Hunter Lab68.37, 16.13, -43.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 69% · Blue 99%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEAFFD

.text { color: #AEAFFD; }
.background { background-color: #AEAFFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEAFFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 175, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(239, 95%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEAFFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 175, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEAFFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 175, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEAFFD

#888AFC#6062FB#383BFA#1014F9#0609DB#0507B3#04068B#030463#02023C#010114

Tints of #AEAFFD

#B4B6FD#B9BBFD#C3C4FD#C8C9FE#CDCEFE#D2D3FE#D7D8FE#E1E2FE#E6E7FE#EBEBFE

Tones of #AEAFFD

#B5B6F7#BABBF2#C0C1EC#C5C6E7#CBCCE1#D0D1DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDFCAF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEAFFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEAFFD

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 #AEAFFD: ·

How #AEAFFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AEAEEADeuteranopia · #AEAEE6Tritanopia · #AEDBD8

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette 6b76ff
#6B76FF · #A5AEFF · #C8E4FE · #FEFFE0
Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7

Similar colors

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

#B1AFFF#B1B2FF#A5AEFF#B2A5FF#B8B5FF#B2A4FF#B2B1F1#ADA2FF#B5BAFF#ACBCFF#B5B7F4#B7B1F2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEAFFC  ·  #AEAFFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEAFFD?

#AEAFFD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 175, 253). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEAFFD?

#AEAFFD is RGB 174, 175, 253 — HSL 239°, 95%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 31%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AEAFFD?

Its complement is #FDFCAF; analogous partners are #AFD7FD and #D5AFFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEAFFD for text?

Black text on #AEAFFD has a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.