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#ABBFAA — Light Dusty Green

#ABBFAA 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 #ABBFAA 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.

#ABBFAA 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 #BEABBF; it also sits naturally between #B6BFAB and #ABBFB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABBFAA · RGB 171, 191, 170

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Color values

HEX#ABBFAA
RGB171, 191, 170
HSL117°, 14%, 71%
HSV117°, 11%, 75%
CMYK10%, 0%, 11%, 25%
XYZ42.68, 48.82, 45.20
Yxy48.82, 0.3122, 0.3571
CIE-Lab75.34, -10.82, 8.28
Hunter Lab69.87, -9.66, 7.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 11% · Key 25%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ABBFAA

.text { color: #ABBFAA; }
.background { background-color: #ABBFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABBFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 191, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(117, 14%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABBFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 191, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABBFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 191, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ABBFAA

#98B096#86A385#729471#628060#556E53#455A44#354635#263125#192018#090C09

Tints of #ABBFAA

#B4C6B3#BACAB9#C3D1C2#C8D5C8#D1DCD0#D7E0D6#DFE7DF#E5EBE5#EEF2EE#F4F6F3

Tones of #ABBFAA

#ADBEAC#AEBCAE#B0BBAF#B1B9B1#B2B8B2#B4B7B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEABBF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.95:1 Fails
Against black text10.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABBFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABBFAA

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 #ABBFAA: ·

How #ABBFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B4AFDeuteranopia · #B3B1B0Tritanopia · #ACB3B4

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 #ABBFAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Faffc5
#FAFFC5 · #A9BFA8 · #5E686D · #3A3960
Palette Fef5ed
#FEF5ED · #D3E4CD · #ADC2A9 · #99A799
Palette 819a91
#819A91 · #A7C1A8 · #D1D8BE · #EEEFE0
Palette A9907e
#A9907E · #F3DEBA · #ABC4AA · #675D50
Palette Ff7f11
#FF7F11 · #ACBFA4 · #E2E8CE · #262626
Palette 94a684
#94A684 · #AEC3AE · #E4E4D0 · #FFEEF4

Similar colors

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

#A9BFA8#ADC2A9#A7C1A8#ABC4AA#ACBFA4#AEC3AE#A8C4A6#ACC6AA#ACC5A6#A8BBA3#ACC7A5#AAC8A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABBFA9  ·  #ABBFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABBFAA?

#ABBFAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 191, 170). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABBFAA?

#ABBFAA is RGB 171, 191, 170 — HSL 117°, 14%, 71% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 11%, 25%.

What colors go with #ABBFAA?

Its complement is #BEABBF; analogous partners are #B6BFAB and #ABBFB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABBFAA for text?

Black text on #ABBFAA has a contrast ratio of 10.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.95:1.