Information about #AEAEB7 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#AEAEB7 is a softly muted neutral grey that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Chatelle (#B3ABB6). Slightly further away sit Metro (#ACAFB1) and Abbey Road (#AFA8BC).
The recipe behind #AEAEB7 is rgb(174, 174, 183), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AEAEB7 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#AEAEB7 color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#AEAEB7 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AEAEB7 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AEAEB7 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AEAEB7 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AEAEB7 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 #AEAEB7 color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #AEAEB7
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B3ABB6
#ACAFB1
#AFA8BC
#AAB5B8
#B3B3B3
#ADB2B0
#B1A9B1
#B1B6B7
#AFB2AF
#B0ACAE
#AFB1AE
#ACB6B2
#AEAEB7 color backgrounds & wallpapers
Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.
Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AEAEB7
- RGB174, 174, 183
- CMYK4, 4, 0, 28
- CSSrgb(174, 174, 183)
- HSL240°, 6%, 70%
- HSL Precise240°, 5.882%, 70%
- HSV240°, 5%, 72%
- HSB240°, 5%, 72%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.718
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.682, 0.718)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.682, 0.718, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.682, 0.718)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB71.8%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAEAEB7
- DECIMAL ID11447991
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
