Information about #ABA7AF color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #ABA7AF 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 Chrome Aluminum (#A8A9AD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Double Surrender (#A8AAAB) and Silver Chalice (#ACACAC).
The recipe behind #ABA7AF is rgb(171, 167, 175), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ABA7AF: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. #ABA7AF has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#ABA7AF color variations
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#ABA7AF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#ABA7AF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#ABA7AF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#ABA7AF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#ABA7AF 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 #ABA7AF color
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Nearest named colors to #ABA7AF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8A9AD
#A8AAAB
#ACACAC
#A9A9A9
#B1A9B1
#A5A9B2
#A4A8B0
#B0ACAE
#A5ACAF
#AEAEAD
#ADAAA8
#ACAFB1
#ABA7AF color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#ABA7AF
- RGB171, 167, 175
- CMYK2, 3, 0, 31
- CSSrgb(171, 167, 175)
- HSL270°, 5%, 67%
- HSL Precise270°, 4.762%, 67.059%
- HSV270°, 5%, 69%
- HSB270°, 5%, 69%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.655
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.686
- GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.655, 0.686)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.655, 0.686, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.655, 0.686)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB68.6%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDABA7AF
- DECIMAL ID11249583
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
