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#ABBFAF — Light Dusty Green

#ABBFAF 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 #ABBFAF 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.

#ABBFAF 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 #BFABBB; it also sits naturally between #B1BFAB and #ABBFB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABBFAF · RGB 171, 191, 175

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Color values

HEX#ABBFAF
RGB171, 191, 175
HSL132°, 14%, 71%
HSV132°, 10%, 75%
CMYK10%, 0%, 8%, 25%
XYZ43.16, 49.01, 47.74
Yxy49.01, 0.3085, 0.3503
CIE-Lab75.46, -9.90, 5.75
Hunter Lab70.01, -8.87, 4.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 75% · Blue 69%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 8% · Key 25%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ABBFAF

.text { color: #ABBFAF; }
.background { background-color: #ABBFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABBFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 191, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(132, 14%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABBFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 191, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABBFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 191, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ABBFAF

#96B09B#85A38B#719478#608067#536E59#445A48#354638#253128#18201A#090C09

Tints of #ABBFAF

#B3C6B7#B9CABD#C2D1C5#C8D5CA#D0DCD3#D6E0D8#DFE7E1#E5EBE6#EEF2EE#F3F6F4

Tones of #ABBFAF

#ACBEB0#AEBCB1#AFBBB2#B1B9B2#B2B8B3#B4B7B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFABBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABBFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABBFAF

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 #ABBFAF: ·

How #ABBFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B4B4B3Deuteranopia · #B3B1B4Tritanopia · #ACB6B7

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 #ABBFAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 94a684
#94A684 · #AEC3AE · #E4E4D0 · #FFEEF4
Palette Fef5ed
#FEF5ED · #D3E4CD · #ADC2A9 · #99A799
Amber Ruby Harbor
#748A53 · #A7C4B2 · #78A9C0 · #5F547E
Palette A9907e
#A9907E · #F3DEBA · #ABC4AA · #675D50
Palette Faffc5
#FAFFC5 · #A9BFA8 · #5E686D · #3A3960
Palette Bbd6b8
#BBD6B8 · #AEC2B6 · #94AF9F · #DBE4C6

Similar colors

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

#AEC3AE#ADC2A9#A7C4B2#ABC4AA#A9BFA8#AEC2B6#A7C1A8#ACC6AA#AFC8AD#A8C4A6#ACC5A6#ACBFA4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABBFAE  ·  #ABBFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABBFAF?

#ABBFAF is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 191, 175). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABBFAF?

#ABBFAF is RGB 171, 191, 175 — HSL 132°, 14%, 71% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 8%, 25%.

What colors go with #ABBFAF?

Its complement is #BFABBB; analogous partners are #B1BFAB and #ABBFB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABBFAF for text?

Black text on #ABBFAF has a contrast ratio of 10.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.