Information about #AEAEAE color

#AEAEAE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #AEAEAE belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(174, 174, 174) — 68.2% red, 68.2% green, 68.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #AEAEAE reads as a quiet, subdued grey 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 Bombay (#AEAEAD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ajay (#B0ACAE) and Silver Foil (#AFB1AE).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (174 each), placing #AEAEAE exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AEAEAE: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#AEAEAE color variations

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

#AEAEAE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#BDBDBD

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#CECECE

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#DEDEDE

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#EEEEEE

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White

#FFFFFF

#AEAEAE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#AEAEAE
#8A8A8A

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#686868

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#454545

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#222222

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Black

#000000

#AEAEAE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#AEAEAE
#A4A4A4

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#9B9B9B

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#919191

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#888888

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#AEAEAE belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #AEAEAE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Bombay color link
Bombay

#AEAEAD

Ajay color link
Ajay

#B0ACAE

Silver Foil color link
Silver Foil

#AFB1AE

Silver Chalice color link
Silver Chalice

#ACACAC

Metro color link
Metro

#ACAFB1

Quarter Stack color link
Quarter Stack

#AFB2AF

Half Delta color link
Half Delta

#AEB0AA

Misty Ash color link
Misty Ash

#ADB2B0

Ashen Lavender color link
Ashen Lavender

#B1A9B1

Subtle Gray color link
Subtle Gray

#ADAAA8

Double Surrender color link
Double Surrender

#A8AAAB

Chrome Aluminum color link
Chrome Aluminum

#A8A9AD

#AEAEAE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AEAEAE
  • RGB174, 174, 174
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(174, 174, 174)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 68%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 68.235%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 68%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.682, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.682, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.682, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDAEAEAE
  • DECIMAL ID11447982
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers355 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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