Information about #ABA8A7 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #ABA8A7 reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dark Gray (#A9A9A9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Subtle Gray (#ADAAA8) and Atmosphere (#A8AAA6).
In RGB terms — rgb(171, 168, 167) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ABA8A7: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ABA8A7 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#ABA8A7 color variations
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#ABA8A7 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#ABA8A7 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#ABA8A7 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#ABA8A7 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#ABA8A7 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 #ABA8A7 color
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Nearest named colors to #ABA8A7
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A9A9A9
#ADAAA8
#A8AAA6
#A9A5A5
#A8AAAB
#A6A6A6
#A6ABA5
#ACACAC
#A8A9AD
#A9A7A0
#AFADA3
#AEAEAD
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#ABA8A7
- RGB171, 168, 167
- CMYK0, 1, 2, 33
- CSSrgb(171, 168, 167)
- HSL15°, 2%, 66%
- HSL Precise15°, 2.326%, 66.275%
- HSV15°, 2%, 67%
- HSB15°, 2%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.671
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.655
- GLSLvec3(0.671, 0.659, 0.655)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.671, 0.659, 0.655, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.671, 0.659, 0.655)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB65.5%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDABA8A7
- DECIMAL ID11249831
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
