Information about #AEBBBA color

#AEBBBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #AEBBBA is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Desaturated and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(174, 187, 186) — 68.2% red, 73.3% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 0 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly muted balanced grey tone, #AEBBBA has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Emerge (#ADBAB5). Slightly further away sit Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB) and Loblolly (#B3BBB7).

In RGB terms — rgb(174, 187, 186) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 10.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AEBBBA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AEBBBA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AEBBBA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AEBBBA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AEBBBA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AEBBBA color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AEBBBA 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#BBAEBC
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#B6BCAE
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Nearest named colors to #AEBBBA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Antique Steel color link
Antique Steel

#B1B6B7

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Ash Gray color link
Ash Gray

#B2BEB5

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Surrender color link
Surrender

#B5B7B7

Periglacial Blue color link
Periglacial Blue

#ACB6B2

#AEBBBA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AEBBBA
  • RGB174, 187, 186
  • CMYK5, 0, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(174, 187, 186)
  • HSL175°, 9%, 71%
  • HSL Precise175.385°, 8.725%, 70.784%
  • HSV175°, 7%, 73%
  • HSB175°, 7%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.733, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.733, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.733, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAEBBBA
  • DECIMAL ID11451322
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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