What is hex #AEAABB color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 68% red, 67% green and 73% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (174,170,187).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (7%, 9%, 0%, 27%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AEAABB features a hue of 254°, 9% saturation, and a brightness value of 73%.

Hex #AEAABB Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (174,170,187)
CMYK Values (7%, 9%, 0%, 27%)
HSV/HSB Values (254°, 9%, 73%)
Closest Web Safe
#9999CC
Inverse Color
#515544
Closest Pantone®
5295 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7038 [Agate grey]
Complementary Color
#B7BBAA

#AEAABB Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#B1B1B1
Lightness (Desaturation)
#B2B2B2
Weighted (BT601)
#ADADAD
Luma (BT709)
#ACACAC

Hex #AEAABB Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AEAABB is #B7BBAA. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AEAABB you will find #B7BBAA. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AEAABB #B7BBAA

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AEAABB is composed with colors #AAAEBB and #B6AABB. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AEAABB with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#AAAEBB #AEAABB #B6AABB

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AEAABB is composed with colors #AEBBAA and #BBB6AA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AEAABB #AEBBAA #BBB6AA

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AEAABB is composed with colors #AABBAE and #BBAEAA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AEAABB with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AEAABB #AABBAE #BBAEAA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AEAABB is composed with colors #BBAEAA, #B7BBAA and #AAB7BB A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AEAABB #BBAEAA #B7BBAA #AAB7BB

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AEAABB is composed with colors #BBAAAE, #B7BBAA and #AABBB6 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#AEAABB #BBAAAE #B7BBAA #AABBB6

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AEAABB

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AEAABB.

#AEAABB #B8B5C4 #C3C0CD #CECCD6 #D9D7DF #E4E2E8 #EEEEF1 #F9F9FA

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AEAABB #B1B1B3 #B2B2B2

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AEAABB #A39EB1 #9893A8 #8D889F #827C96 #78718D #6E6882 #645F77

Hex #AEAABB in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AEAABB
Java new Color(174,170,187);
Python Color(#AEAABB)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 174,170,187);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.68, green: 0.67, blue: 0.73, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(174, 170, 187)