Spun Pearl Color
Spun Pearl is a gray color with hex code #AAABB7. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with spun pearl, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Spun Pearl Color Values
What Does Spun Pearl Mean?
Spun Pearl belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Spun Pearl sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Spun Pearl is classified as a blue (nearest centroid: pale blue, #91A3B0).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Spun Pearl
Spun Pearl and #B6B5AA are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #AAB1B6 and #AFAAB6, which sit beside spun pearl on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair spun pearl with triadic partners #B6AAAB and #ABB6AA. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Aluminium —
#A9ACB6(Delta E 1) - Grey Chateau —
#A2AAB3(Delta E 3) - Bombay —
#AFB1B8(Delta E 3) - Hit Grey —
#A1ADB5(Delta E 5) - Santas Grey —
#9FA0B1(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #AAABB7; }
.background { background-color: #AAABB7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #AAABB7; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #AAABB740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for spun pearl?
Spun Pearl has the hex code #AAABB7. In RGB notation it is rgb(170, 171, 183), in HSL it is hsl(235, 8%, 69%), and its OKLCH value is 0.744, 0.017, 282.2.
What does the color spun pearl mean?
Gray-family colors like spun pearl carry distinct psychological associations. Spun Pearl belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Spun Pearl sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with spun pearl?
Spun Pearl has three easy routes: its complement #B6B5AA for punch, its neighbors #AAB1B6 and #AFAAB6 for something calmer, or triadic partners #B6AAAB and #ABB6AA when you want energy.
Is spun pearl a standard web color?
No — Spun Pearl is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #AAABB7 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make spun pearl lighter or darker?
To lighten spun pearl, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F1F1F3 (lightest tint) to #1C1D21 (darkest shade).
About Spun Pearl
Spun Pearl is classified as a Blue in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #AAABB7 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.