Information about #A8ABAA color

#A8ABAA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A8ABAA falls into the Spring Green Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(168, 171, 170) — 65.9% red, 67.1% green, 66.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 1 / 0 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A8ABAA presents itself as a softly muted neutral grey — one 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 a hair away from Double Surrender (#A8AAAB). Slightly further away sit Dark Gray (#A9A9A9) and Chrome Aluminum (#A8A9AD).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(168, 171, 170)), which gives #A8ABAA its character. On this background, black text reaches a 9.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8ABAA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A8ABAA color variations

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

#A8ABAA 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A8ABAA

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A8ABAA
  • RGB168, 171, 170
  • CMYK1, 0, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(168, 171, 170)
  • HSL160°, 2%, 66%
  • HSL Precise160°, 1.754%, 66.471%
  • HSV160°, 2%, 67%
  • HSB160°, 2%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.671, 0.667)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.671, 0.667, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.671, 0.667)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
  • Color FamilySpring Green
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA8ABAA
  • DECIMAL ID11053994
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01