Information about #AE9CAA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#AE9CAA is a quiet, subdued grey that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lilac Luster (#AE98AA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Heliotrope Gray (#AA98A9) and Heliotrope Grey (#AA98A8).
In RGB terms — rgb(174, 156, 170) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #AE9CAA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#AE9CAA color variations
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#AE9CAA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AE9CAA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AE9CAA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AE9CAA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AE9CAA 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 #AE9CAA color
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Nearest named colors to #AE9CAA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AE98AA
#AA98A9
#AA98A8
#A89CA8
#AE94AB
#A59AA8
#A69FA4
#B598A3
#A9A5A5
#B39EB5
#AB94B3
#A2A1AC
#AE9CAA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AE9CAA
- RGB174, 156, 170
- CMYK0, 7, 2, 32
- CSSrgb(174, 156, 170)
- HSL313°, 10%, 65%
- HSL Precise313.333°, 10%, 64.706%
- HSV313°, 10%, 68%
- HSB313°, 10%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.612, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.612, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.612, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAE9CAA
- DECIMAL ID11443370
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
