Information about #AABABA color

#AABABA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #AABABA is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 186, 186) — 66.7% red, 72.9% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 0 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained cyan, #AABABA appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rivendell (#A9BDB6) and Casper (#AAB5B8).

In RGB terms — rgb(170, 186, 186) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #AABABA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#AABABA color variations

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

#AABABA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AABABA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AABABA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AABABA 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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#AABABA 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 #AABABA

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

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Emerge color link
Emerge

#ADBAB5

Longitude color link
Longitude

#AEB7C0

Ashanti color link
Ashanti

#A6BBB3

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Antique Steel color link
Antique Steel

#B1B6B7

Periglacial Blue color link
Periglacial Blue

#ACB6B2

Hermitage color link
Hermitage

#B1B9B4

Opal color link
Opal

#A8C3BC

Loblolly color link
Loblolly

#B3BBB7

#AABABA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AABABA
  • RGB170, 186, 186
  • CMYK6, 0, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(170, 186, 186)
  • HSL180°, 10%, 70%
  • HSL Precise180°, 10.39%, 69.804%
  • HSV180°, 9%, 73%
  • HSB180°, 9%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.729, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.729, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.729, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAABABA
  • DECIMAL ID11188922
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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