Information about #AA9EAE color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted neutral grey, #AA9EAE 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 Magentaish Grey (#A89CA8). Slightly further away sit Heliotrope Gray (#AA98A9) and Lilac Luster (#AE98AA).
The recipe behind #AA9EAE is rgb(170, 158, 174), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AA9EAE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#AA9EAE color variations
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#AA9EAE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AA9EAE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AA9EAE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AA9EAE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AA9EAE 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 #AA9EAE color
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Nearest named colors to #AA9EAE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A89CA8
#AA98A9
#AE98AA
#AA98A8
#A2A1AC
#A59AA8
#A69FA4
#A09BB2
#AE94AB
#A8A9AD
#AB94B3
#B39EB5
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AA9EAE
- RGB170, 158, 174
- CMYK2, 6, 0, 32
- CSSrgb(170, 158, 174)
- HSL285°, 9%, 65%
- HSL Precise285°, 8.989%, 65.098%
- HSV285°, 9%, 68%
- HSB285°, 9%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.620
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
- GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.620, 0.682)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.620, 0.682, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.620, 0.682)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAA9EAE
- DECIMAL ID11181742
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
