Information about #A6AFAD color

#A6AFAD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A6AFAD falls into the Cyan Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(166, 175, 173) — 65.1% red, 68.6% green, 67.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 0 / 1 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A6AFAD is a quiet, subdued grey 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 Electric Gray (#A5ADAD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Titans Grey (#A5ACAF) and Gull Grey (#A4ADB0).

In RGB terms — rgb(166, 175, 173) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A6AFAD: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A6AFAD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A6AFAD color variations

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

#A6AFAD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A6AFAD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A6AFAD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A6AFAD 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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#A6AFAD 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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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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Nearest named colors to #A6AFAD

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

Electric Gray color link
Electric Gray

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Titans Grey color link
Titans Grey

#A5ACAF

Gull Grey color link
Gull Grey

#A4ADB0

Dusty Ash color link
Dusty Ash

#A4AEA8

Double Surrender color link
Double Surrender

#A8AAAB

Chrome Aluminum color link
Chrome Aluminum

#A8A9AD

Conch color link
Conch

#A0B1AE

Silver Chalice color link
Silver Chalice

#ACACAC

Metro color link
Metro

#ACAFB1

Forecast color link
Forecast

#A2AAB1

Dark Gray color link
Dark Gray

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Freestyling color link
Freestyling

#A4A8B0

#A6AFAD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A6AFAD
  • RGB166, 175, 173
  • CMYK4, 0, 1, 31
  • CSSrgb(166, 175, 173)
  • HSL167°, 5%, 67%
  • HSL Precise166.667°, 5.325%, 66.863%
  • HSV167°, 5%, 69%
  • HSB167°, 5%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.686, 0.678)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.686, 0.678, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.686, 0.678)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA6AFAD
  • DECIMAL ID10923949
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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