Information about #AAA4AC color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #AAA4AC reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chrome Aluminum (#A8A9AD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Gray (#A9A9A9) and Double Surrender (#A8AAAB).
The recipe behind #AAA4AC is rgb(170, 164, 172), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AAA4AC: 8.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AAA4AC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#AAA4AC color variations
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#AAA4AC color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AAA4AC color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AAA4AC color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AAA4AC color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AAA4AC 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 #AAA4AC color
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Nearest named colors to #AAA4AC
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A8A9AD
#A9A9A9
#A8AAAB
#A9A5A5
#A6A6A6
#ADAAA8
#A4A8B0
#ACACAC
#A2A1AC
#A8AAA6
#A89CA8
#A5A9B2
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AAA4AC
- RGB170, 164, 172
- CMYK1, 3, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(170, 164, 172)
- HSL285°, 5%, 66%
- HSL Precise285°, 4.598%, 65.882%
- HSV285°, 5%, 67%
- HSB285°, 5%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.675
- GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.643, 0.675)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.643, 0.675, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.643, 0.675)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAAA4AC
- DECIMAL ID11183276
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
