Information about #AEA9AF color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #AEA9AF reads as a softly muted neutral grey and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Ashen Lavender (#B1A9B1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ajay (#B0ACAE) and Silver Chalice (#ACACAC).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(174, 169, 175)), which gives #AEA9AF its character. If you plan to put text on a #AEA9AF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. No one has named #AEA9AF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#AEA9AF color variations
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#AEA9AF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AEA9AF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AEA9AF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AEA9AF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AEA9AF 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 #AEA9AF color
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Nearest named colors to #AEA9AF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B1A9B1
#B0ACAE
#ACACAC
#AEAEAD
#A8A9AD
#ACAFB1
#ADAAA8
#A8AAAB
#A9A9A9
#AFB1AE
#AEB0AA
#B3ABB6
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AEA9AF
- RGB174, 169, 175
- CMYK0, 2, 0, 31
- CSSrgb(174, 169, 175)
- HSL290°, 4%, 67%
- HSL Precise290°, 3.614%, 67.451%
- HSV290°, 3%, 69%
- HSB290°, 3%, 69%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.686
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.663, 0.686)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.663, 0.686, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.663, 0.686)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB68.6%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAEA9AF
- DECIMAL ID11446703
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
