Information about #AA9BAB color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #AA9BAB reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Heliotrope Gray (#AA98A9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Magentaish Grey (#A89CA8) and Heliotrope Grey (#AA98A8).
In RGB terms — rgb(170, 155, 171) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AA9BAB: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for white. #AA9BAB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#AA9BAB color variations
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#AA9BAB color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AA9BAB color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AA9BAB color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AA9BAB color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AA9BAB color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #AA9BAB color
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Nearest named colors to #AA9BAB
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AA98A9
#A89CA8
#AA98A8
#AE98AA
#A59AA8
#AE94AB
#A69FA4
#A2A1AC
#AB94B3
#A9A5A5
#A096A7
#AB92B3
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AA9BAB
- RGB170, 155, 171
- CMYK0, 6, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(170, 155, 171)
- HSL296°, 9%, 64%
- HSL Precise296.25°, 8.696%, 63.922%
- HSV296°, 9%, 67%
- HSB296°, 9%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.671
- GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.608, 0.671)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.608, 0.671, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.608, 0.671)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.1%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAA9BAB
- DECIMAL ID11180971
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers31 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
