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#A6C19F — Light Dusty Green

#A6C19F is a green color we call Light Dusty Green, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #A6C19F 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.

#A6C19F is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm 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 #BA9FC1; it also sits naturally between #B7C19F and #9FC1A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A6C19F · RGB 166, 193, 159

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Color values

HEX#A6C19F
RGB166, 193, 159
HSL108°, 22%, 69%
HSV108°, 18%, 76%
CMYK14%, 0%, 18%, 24%
XYZ41.05, 48.75, 40.05
Yxy48.75, 0.3162, 0.3754
CIE-Lab75.30, -15.56, 14.11
Hunter Lab69.82, -13.72, 11.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 65% · Green 76% · Blue 62%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 18% · Key 24%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A6C19F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A6C19F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A6C19F

.text { color: #A6C19F; }
.background { background-color: #A6C19F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A6C19F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 193, 159); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 22%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A6C19F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 193, 159, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A6C19F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 193, 159, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A6C19F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A6C19F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A6C19F

#94B58C#80A776#6F9C63#5F8656#52734A#425D3C#354B30#263522#182216#090C08

Tints of #A6C19F

#AEC7A8#B4CBAE#BDD1B7#C5D7C1#CEDDCA#D4E1D0#DCE7DA#E5EDE3#EBF1E9#F3F7F3

Tones of #A6C19F

#A7BFA1#A8BDA3#AABAA6#ACB7A9#ADB5AB#AFB2AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BA9FC1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.95:1 Fails
Against black text10.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #A6C19F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A6C19F

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 #A6C19F: ·

How #A6C19F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B2A7Deuteranopia · #B0AEA9Tritanopia · #A7AEAF

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Blue Grey 500 · #607D8B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A6C19F rather than the exact color:

Palette A0c49d
#A0C49D · #C4D7B2 · #E1ECC8 · #F7FFE5
Palette A5c89e
#A5C89E · #FFFBB1 · #D8E983 · #AEB877
Ruby Terrace
#DB9558 · #FCF9EA · #97A87A · #A8BBA3
Palette 97a87a
#97A87A · #A8BBA3 · #FCF9EA · #FFA239
Palette A8bba3
#A8BBA3 · #B87C4C · #C4A484 · #F7F1DE
Palette A8bba3
#A8BBA3 · #F7F4EA · #EBD9D1 · #B87C4C

Similar colors

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

#A0C49D#A5C89E#A8BBA3#9FC1A2#A8C4A6#ACBFA4#ADBC9F#A1C298#A1C398#A7C1A8#A9BFA8#A1BC98

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A6C19E  ·  #A6C1A0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A6C19F?

#A6C19F is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 166, 193, 159). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A6C19F?

#A6C19F is RGB 166, 193, 159 — HSL 108°, 22%, 69% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 18%, 24%.

What colors go with #A6C19F?

Its complement is #BA9FC1; analogous partners are #B7C19F and #9FC1A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A6C19F for text?

Black text on #A6C19F has a contrast ratio of 10.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.95:1.