Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #aeb1ac, its pure hue is 96.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.1%, and its lightness is 68.4%. 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 #aeb1ac, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #161616 to #989b97.
The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #aeb1ac, and its official name is Fynbos Leaf. In RGB, it consists of 68.2% Red, 69.4% Green, and 67.5% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 1.7% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 2.8% Yellow, and 30.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 96.0°, with saturation of 3.1% and lightness of 68.4%. The decimal value for #aeb1ac is 11448748, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999999. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #aeb1ac is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
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Tints of #aeb1ac
Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #aeb1ac, its pure hue is 96.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.1%, and its lightness is 68.4%. 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 #aeb1ac, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b8bbb6 to #f5f5f5.
Tones of #aeb1ac
Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #aeb1ac, its pure hue is 96.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 3.1%, 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 #aeb1ac, which range from #afafaf (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #9eff5e (the most colorful / 100% saturation).
Variations of #aeb1ac
There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #aeb1ac! For #aeb1ac, 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, #aeb1ac. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!
Color Coordinates of #aeb1ac
This color, #aeb1ac, consists of 68.2% Red, 69.4% Green, and 67.5% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 174, Green = 177, Blue = 172. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #aeb1ac is 1.7% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 2.8% Yellow, and 30.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.
Color Base | R (Red) | G (Green) | B (Blue) |
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Decimal | 174 | 177 | 172 |
Octal | 256 | 261 | 254 |
Hexa | #ae | #b1 | #ac |
Binary | 10101110 | 10110001 | 10101100 |
Color Base | C (Cyan) | M (Magenta) | Y (Yellow) | Y (Black) |
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Decimal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
Octal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Hexa | #01 | #00 | #02 | #1e |
Binary | 00000001 | 00000000 | 00000010 | 00011110 |
Analogous Colors of #aeb1ac
Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #aeb1ac — which has hue 96.0° — its analogous colors are located at 66.0° and 126.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aeb1ac.
Triadic Colors of #aeb1ac
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 #aeb1ac — which has hue 96.0° — its triadic colors are located at 96.0° and 336.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aeb1ac.
Complementary Color of #aeb1ac
A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #aeb1ac — which has hue 96.0° — its complementary color is located at 276.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aeb1ac.
Split Complementary Colors of #aeb1ac
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 #aeb1ac — which has hue 96.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 96.0° and 306.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aeb1ac.
Tetradic Colors of #aeb1ac
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 #aeb1ac — which has hue 96.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 6.0°, 96.0°, 186.0°, and 276.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aeb1ac.
Monochromatic Colors of #aeb1ac
Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #aeb1ac, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #868884 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d6d9d5 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).
HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #aeb1ac
We want to make getting started with #aeb1ac on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #aeb1ac into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #aeb1ac 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 #aeb1ac with other HTML elements.
#aeb1ac Foreground / Text Color
<span style="color: #aeb1ac;">The color of this text is #aeb1ac.</span>
#aeb1ac Background Color
<div style="background-color: #aeb1ac; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #aeb1ac.</div>
#aeb1ac Text Shadow Color
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #aeb1ac;">This color for the shadow of this text is #aeb1ac.</span>
#aeb1ac Border Color
<div style="border: #aeb1ac 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #aeb1ac.</div>
#aeb1ac Color Rectangle on a White Background
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aeb1ac; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aeb1ac on a white background.</div></div>
#aeb1ac Color Rectangle on a Black Background
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aeb1ac; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aeb1ac on a black background.</div></div>
Gradient from #aeb1ac to White
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aeb1ac,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aeb1ac to white.</div>
Gradient from #aeb1ac to Black
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aeb1ac,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aeb1ac,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aeb1ac to black.</div>
Coding & Programming with #aeb1ac
In addition to using #aeb1ac 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 #aeb1ac in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #aeb1ac, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 174, Green = 177, Blue = 172). If you need details about the color coordinates of #aeb1ac in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.
Language | Environment | Code Snippet |
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HTML + CSS (Hex Code) | Web | #aeb1ac |
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) | Web | rgb(174, 177, 172) |
CSS Background Color | Web | .myclass { background-color: #aeb1ac; } |
CSS Foreground + Text Color | Web | .myclass { color: #aeb1ac; } |
CSS Border Color | Web | .myclass { border: 2px solid #aeb1ac; } |
Java | (Multi-platform) | new Color(174, 177, 172); |
Python | (Multi-platform) | Color("#aeb1ac") |
Swift | iOS | UIColor(red:174, green:177, blue:172, alpha:1.0000) |
Objective-C (iOS) | iOS | [UIColor colorWithRed:174 green:177 blue:172 alpha:1.0000]; |
OpenGL | (Graphics) | glColor3f(174f, 177f, 172f); |
C# / .NET | Windows | Color.FromArgb(174, 177, 172); |
#aeb1ac Color Blindness
Not everyone can see #aeb1ac the same way. For those with color blindness, #aeb1ac might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #aeb1ac looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #aeb1ac 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 #aeb1ac 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 #aeb1ac 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
Not Accessibility Recommended
We analyzed whether #aeb1ac 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 2.2:1 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.