Information about #AEAAA3 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#AEAAA3 is a softly muted balanced grey tone that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Quarter Taupe Grey (#AFADA3). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Off Piste (#AFACA0) and Cloudy (#B0A99F).
In RGB terms — rgb(174, 170, 163) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AEAAA3: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. #AEAAA3 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#AEAAA3 color variations
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#AEAAA3 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AEAAA3 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AEAAA3 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AEAAA3 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AEAAA3 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 #AEAAA3 color
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Nearest named colors to #AEAAA3
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AFADA3
#AFACA0
#B0A99F
#ADAAA8
#ACAD9E
#A9A7A0
#A8AAA6
#B2AD9E
#B2A99D
#A9A5A5
#ABA59E
#A9A9A9
#AEAAA3 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AEAAA3
- RGB174, 170, 163
- CMYK0, 2, 4, 32
- CSSrgb(174, 170, 163)
- HSL38°, 6%, 66%
- HSL Precise38.182°, 6.358%, 66.078%
- HSV38°, 6%, 68%
- HSB38°, 6%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.639
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.667, 0.639)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.667, 0.639, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.667, 0.639)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB63.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAEAAA3
- DECIMAL ID11446947
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
