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#ABBCA6 — Light Dusty Green

#ABBCA6 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 #ABBCA6 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.

#ABBCA6 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 #B6A5BB; it also sits naturally between #B5BBA5 and #A5BBAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABBCA6 · RGB 171, 188, 166

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Color values

HEX#ABBCA6
RGB171, 188, 166
HSL106°, 14%, 69%
HSV106°, 12%, 74%
CMYK9%, 0%, 12%, 26%
XYZ41.66, 47.38, 43.03
Yxy47.38, 0.3155, 0.3587
CIE-Lab74.43, -9.98, 9.15
Hunter Lab68.83, -8.88, 7.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 74% · Blue 65%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 26%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ABBCA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABBCA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABBCA6

.text { color: #ABBCA6; }
.background { background-color: #ABBCA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABBCA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 188, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(106, 14%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABBCA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 188, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABBCA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 188, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABBCA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABBCA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABBCA6

#9AAE93#869F7F#76916E#657D5E#576C51#475742#394635#283125#1A2018#090C09

Tints of #ABBCA6

#B2C2AE#B8C6B3#C0CDBC#C8D3C5#D0DACE#D6DED3#DEE5DC#E6EBE5#ECF0EB#F4F6F3

Tones of #ABBCA6

#ABB9A6#ACB8A8#ADB6AA#ADB5AB#AEB3AD#AFB2AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6A5BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABBCA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABBCA6

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 #ABBCA6: ·

How #ABBCA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B2B3ABDeuteranopia · #B1B0ADTritanopia · #ACB0B0

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 #ABBCA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff7f11
#FF7F11 · #ACBFA4 · #E2E8CE · #262626
Palette Faffc5
#FAFFC5 · #A9BFA8 · #5E686D · #3A3960
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:

#ACBFA4#A9BFA8#A8BBA3#A7C1A8#ADC2A9#ADBC9F#A8C4A6#B2B8A3#ABC4AA#ACC5A6#B0C5A4#ACC6AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABBCA5  ·  #ABBCA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABBCA6?

#ABBCA6 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 188, 166). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABBCA6?

#ABBCA6 is RGB 171, 188, 166 — HSL 106°, 14%, 69% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 12%, 26%.

What colors go with #ABBCA6?

Its complement is #B6A5BB; analogous partners are #B5BBA5 and #A5BBAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABBCA6 for text?

Black text on #ABBCA6 has a contrast ratio of 10.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.