#aea8aa Color Information

#aea8aa Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #aea8aa. In RGB, it consists of 68.2% Red, 65.9% Green, and 66.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 3.4% Magenta, 2.3% Yellow, and 31.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 340.0°, with saturation of 3.6% and lightness of 67.1%. The decimal value for #aea8aa is 11446442, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999999. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #aea8aa is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#aea8aa Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color174, 168, 170 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color68.2%, 65.9%, 66.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.318, 0.341, 0.333 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.034, 0.023, 0.318 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color340.0°, 3.6%, 67.1% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color340.0°, 3.4%, 68.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color38.714, 39.906, 43.692 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color174, 168, 170 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11446442 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color69.403, 2.520, -0.272 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)69.403, 2.534, 353.837 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color69.403, 3.333, -0.829 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color63.171, -1.158, 3.212 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.317, 0.326, 39.906 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289636522 / 0xffaea8aa Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#999999 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #aea8aa

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #aea8aa, its pure hue is 340.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.6%, and its lightness is 67.1%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #aea8aa, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #161515 to #989395.

Tints of #aea8aa

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #aea8aa, its pure hue is 340.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.6%, and its lightness is 67.1%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #aea8aa, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b8b3b5 to #f5f4f4.

Tones of #aea8aa

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #aea8aa, its pure hue is 340.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #aea8aa, which range from #ababab (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff578f (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #aea8aa

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #aea8aa! For #aea8aa, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #aea8aa. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #aea8aa

This color, #aea8aa, consists of 68.2% Red, 65.9% Green, and 66.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 174, Green = 168, Blue = 170. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #aea8aa is 0% Cyan, 3.4% Magenta, 2.3% Yellow, and 31.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R68.2%
C0.0%
G65.9%
M3.4%
B66.7%
Y2.3%
K31.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 174 168 170
Octal 256 250 252
Hexa #ae #a8 #aa
Binary 10101110 10101000 10101010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 3 2 31
Octal 0 3 2 37
Hexa #00 #03 #02 #1f
Binary 00000000 00000011 00000010 00011111

Analogous Colors of #aea8aa

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #aea8aa — which has hue 340.0° — its analogous colors are located at 10.0° and 340.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aea8aa.

Triadic Colors of #aea8aa

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #aea8aa — which has hue 340.0° — its triadic colors are located at 100.0° and 340.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aea8aa.

Complementary Color of #aea8aa

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #aea8aa — which has hue 340.0° — its complementary color is located at 160.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aea8aa.

Split Complementary Colors of #aea8aa

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #aea8aa — which has hue 340.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 130.0° and 340.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aea8aa.

Tetradic Colors of #aea8aa

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #aea8aa — which has hue 340.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 250.0°, 340.0°, 70.0°, and 160.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aea8aa.

Monochromatic Colors of #aea8aa

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #aea8aa, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #837f80 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d7d3d4 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #aea8aa

We want to make getting started with #aea8aa on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #aea8aa into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #aea8aa can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #aea8aa with other HTML elements.

#aea8aa Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #aea8aa.
<span style="color: #aea8aa;">The color of this text is #aea8aa.</span>

#aea8aa Background Color

The background color for this text is #aea8aa.
<div style="background-color: #aea8aa; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #aea8aa.</div>

#aea8aa Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #aea8aa.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #aea8aa;">This color for the shadow of this text is #aea8aa.</span>

#aea8aa Border Color

This is a div with border color #aea8aa.
<div style="border: #aea8aa 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #aea8aa.</div>

#aea8aa Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #aea8aa on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aea8aa; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aea8aa on a white background.</div></div>

#aea8aa Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #aea8aa on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aea8aa; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aea8aa on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #aea8aa to White

This is a gradient from #aea8aa to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aea8aa,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aea8aa to white.</div>

Gradient from #aea8aa to Black

This is a gradient from #aea8aa to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aea8aa,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aea8aa,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aea8aa to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #aea8aa

In addition to using #aea8aa on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #aea8aa in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #aea8aa, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 174, Green = 168, Blue = 170). If you need details about the color coordinates of #aea8aa in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #aea8aa
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(174, 168, 170)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #aea8aa; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #aea8aa; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #aea8aa; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(174, 168, 170);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#aea8aa")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:174, green:168, blue:170, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:174 green:168 blue:170 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(174f, 168f, 170f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(174, 168, 170);
 

#aea8aa Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #aea8aa the same way. For those with color blindness, #aea8aa might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #aea8aa looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #aea8aa is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #aea8aa looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #aea8aa will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #aea8aa is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.3:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text