#AEBFAC

sRGB: 174 / 191 / 172

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#AEBFAC belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 191 green and 172 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 113.7° lands in the green region. Its 12.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 191, 172
HSL: 113.68°, 12.93%, 71.18%
HSV / HSB: 113.68°, 9.95%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 8.90%, 0.00%, 9.95%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.531, 49.239, 46.242
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.599, -9.414, 7.608
WCAG relative luminance: 0.49239
24-bit decimal: 11452332

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AEBFAC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.94:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BDACBF sits half a turn (180°) from #AEBFAC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AEBFAC #BDACBF

Analogous

#B8BFAC and #ACBFB4 sit 30° to either side of #AEBFAC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B8BFAC #AEBFAC #ACBFB4

Triadic

#AEBFAC, #ACAEBF and #BFACAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AEBFAC #ACAEBF #BFACAE

Split complementary

Start at #AEBFAC and look across the wheel. #B4ACBF and #BFACB8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AEBFAC #B4ACBF #BFACB8

Square

Starting with #AEBFAC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ACB8BF, #BDACBF, then #BFB4AC. Across the square, #AEBFAC pairs with #BDACBF, and #ACB8BF with #BFB4AC.

#AEBFAC #ACB8BF #BDACBF #BFB4AC

Tetradic

#AEBFAC and #BDACBF are opposites, as are #ACBFBD and #BFACAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AEBFAC #ACBFBD #BDACBF #BFACAE

Tints

Mixing #AEBFAC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BECCBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF2EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#AEBFAC #BECCBD #CED9CD #DFE5DE #EFF2EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AEBFAC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B998A, keeps 80% of the original. By #232622, the mixture is 80% black.

#AEBFAC #8B998A #687367 #464C45 #232622 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AEBFAC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A5B2A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #898D89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AEBFAC #A5B2A3 #9CA69A #929992 #898D89 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AEBFAC

RGB

rgb(174 191 172)

HSL

hsl(113.684 12.925% 71.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AEBFAC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AEBFAC uses 174 red, 191 green and 172 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 74.9%

Blue 67.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AEBFAC is 8.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 9.9% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 9.9%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AABBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ABA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AEBFAC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AABBAA Nearest web-safe: #99CC99

Gradient to complement

#AEBFAC #B1BCAF #B3B9B2 #B6B6B6 #B8B2B9 #BBAFBC #BDACBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #AEBFAC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C0BBAB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BDBAAD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#ADBEB9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BABCAC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B9BBAD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AFBEB1

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BABABA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B4BDB3

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42327 G 0.52100 B 0.41254

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69480 G 0.74693 B 0.68040

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.44062 G 0.51775 B 0.42058

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.313 y 0.354 Y 49.239

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.765 M % 25.098 Y % 32.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101110 10111111 10101100