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#AEBDBF — Light Dusty Teal

#AEBDBF is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AEBDBF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AEBDBF is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C0B1AF; it also sits naturally between #AFC0BA and #AFB6C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEBDBF · RGB 174, 189, 191

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Color values

HEX#AEBDBF
RGB174, 189, 191
HSL187°, 12%, 72%
HSV187°, 9%, 75%
CMYK9%, 1%, 0%, 25%
XYZ45.06, 49.16, 56.40
Yxy49.16, 0.2992, 0.3264
CIE-Lab75.55, -4.74, -2.78
Hunter Lab70.11, -4.30, -2.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 74% · Blue 75%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AEBDBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEBDBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEBDBF

.text { color: #AEBDBF; }
.background { background-color: #AEBDBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEBDBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 189, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(187, 12%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEBDBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 189, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEBDBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 189, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEBDBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEBDBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEBDBF

#9BAEB0#879EA1#769093#657D81#556A6D#465659#364345#283233#191F1F#090B0B

Tints of #AEBDBF

#B5C3C5#BDCACB#C3CED0#CCD5D7#D1DADB#D7DFE0#E0E6E6#E5EAEB#EEF1F2#F4F6F6

Tones of #AEBDBF

#B0BDBF#B1BDBE#B3BBBD#B4BABB#B5B9BA#B6B9B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0B1AF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEBDBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEBDBF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AEBDBF: ·

How #AEBDBF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B4B5BFDeuteranopia · #B4B3BETritanopia · #AFBEBE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Blue Grey 500 · #607D8B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEBDBF rather than the exact color:

Palette 30364f
#30364F · #ACBAC4 · #E1D9BC · #F0F0DB
Palette 161a30
#161A30 · #31304D · #B6BBC4 · #F0ECE5
Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Palette Bbd6b8
#BBD6B8 · #AEC2B6 · #94AF9F · #DBE4C6
Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA
Palette Faf3f3
#FAF3F3 · #E1E5EA · #A7BBC7 · #DA7F8F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ACBAC4#B6BBC4#AFB9C8#AEC2B6#A7C4BC#A7BBC7#AEBDCA#B2C8BA#A3C0B9#B4B4B8#B7B7B7#BBBBBB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEBDBE  ·  #AEBDC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEBDBF?

#AEBDBF is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 189, 191). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEBDBF?

#AEBDBF is RGB 174, 189, 191 — HSL 187°, 12%, 72% — CMYK 9%, 1%, 0%, 25%.

What colors go with #AEBDBF?

Its complement is #C0B1AF; analogous partners are #AFC0BA and #AFB6C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEBDBF for text?

Black text on #AEBDBF has a contrast ratio of 10.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.