Information about #AABAB9 color

#AABAB9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #AABAB9 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 186, 185) — 66.7% red, 72.9% green, 72.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 0 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained water-like cyan, #AABAB9 floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB). Nearby in the Register you will also find Rivendell (#A9BDB6) and Emerge (#ADBAB5).

The recipe behind #AABAB9 is rgb(170, 186, 185), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #AABAB9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. #AABAB9 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AABAB9 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AABAB9 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AABAB9

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Ashanti color link
Ashanti

#A6BBB3

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Opal color link
Opal

#A8C3BC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AABAB9
  • RGB170, 186, 185
  • CMYK6, 0, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(170, 186, 185)
  • HSL176°, 10%, 70%
  • HSL Precise176.25°, 10.39%, 69.804%
  • HSV176°, 9%, 73%
  • HSB176°, 9%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.729, 0.725)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.729, 0.725, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.729, 0.725)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAABAB9
  • DECIMAL ID11188921
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01