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#ABBFA1 — Light Dusty Green

#ABBFA1 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 #ABBFA1 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.

#ABBFA1 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 #B5A1BF; it also sits naturally between #BABFA1 and #A1BFA6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABBFA1 · RGB 171, 191, 161

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Color values

HEX#ABBFA1
RGB171, 191, 161
HSL100°, 19%, 69%
HSV100°, 16%, 75%
CMYK10%, 0%, 16%, 25%
XYZ41.86, 48.49, 40.87
Yxy48.49, 0.3190, 0.3695
CIE-Lab75.13, -12.41, 12.86
Hunter Lab69.64, -11.02, 10.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 75% · Blue 63%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ABBFA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABBFA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABBFA1

.text { color: #ABBFA1; }
.background { background-color: #ABBFA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABBFA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 191, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 19%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABBFA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 191, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABBFA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 191, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABBFA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABBFA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABBFA1

#9BB38F#88A479#779867#678259#58704C#485B3E#394932#293423#1A2117#0A0C08

Tints of #ABBFA1

#B3C5AA#B9C9B0#C1CFB9#C9D6C2#D1DCCB#D6E0D1#DEE6DB#E7ECE4#ECF1EA#F4F7F3

Tones of #ABBFA1

#ACBDA3#ACBBA5#ADB9A7#AEB6AA#AFB4AC#AFB2AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B5A1BF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.96:1 Fails
Against black text10.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABBFA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABBFA1

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 #ABBFA1: ·

How #ABBFA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B4A8Deuteranopia · #B3B1AATritanopia · #ACAEAF

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 #ABBFA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff7f11
#FF7F11 · #ACBFA4 · #E2E8CE · #262626
Palette 12372a
#12372A · #436850 · #ADBC9F · #FBFADA
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#ADBC9F#A8BBA3#A9BFA8#B1C29E#A8C4A6#ACC5A6#A7C1A8#B0C5A4#ADC2A9#ACC7A5#AAB99A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABBFA0  ·  #ABBFA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABBFA1?

#ABBFA1 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 191, 161). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABBFA1?

#ABBFA1 is RGB 171, 191, 161 — HSL 100°, 19%, 69% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 16%, 25%.

What colors go with #ABBFA1?

Its complement is #B5A1BF; analogous partners are #BABFA1 and #A1BFA6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABBFA1 for text?

Black text on #ABBFA1 has a contrast ratio of 10.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.96:1.