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#ABCBAA — Light Dusty Green

#ABCBAA is a green color we call Light Dusty Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #ABCBAA 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.

#ABCBAA 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 #CAAACB; it also sits naturally between #BBCBAA and #AACBB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABCBAA · RGB 171, 203, 170

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Color values

HEX#ABCBAA
RGB171, 203, 170
HSL118°, 24%, 73%
HSV118°, 16%, 80%
CMYK16%, 0%, 16%, 20%
XYZ45.41, 54.27, 46.11
Yxy54.27, 0.3114, 0.3723
CIE-Lab78.62, -16.98, 12.95
Hunter Lab73.67, -15.21, 10.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 80% · Blue 67%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ABCBAA

.text { color: #ABCBAA; }
.background { background-color: #ABCBAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABCBAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 203, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(118, 24%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABCBAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 203, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABCBAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 203, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ABCBAA

#95BD93#7FB07D#69A267#598E57#4D7B4C#3F653E#314F30#243923#162315#080D08

Tints of #ABCBAA

#B1CFB0#BAD4B9#C1D8C0#C7DCC6#D0E2D0#D6E6D6#DDEADC#E3EEE3#ECF3EC#F3F7F2

Tones of #ABCBAA

#ADC9AC#AFC6AE#B1C4B1#B4C1B3#B6BFB5#B8BCB8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAAACB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABCBAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABCBAA

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 #ABCBAA: ·

How #ABCBAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B9B9B2Deuteranopia · #B7B5B4Tritanopia · #ADB8BA

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 #ABCBAA rather than the exact color:

Palette F6ffde
#F6FFDE · #E3F2C1 · #C9DBB2 · #AAC8A7
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #ACC6AA · #71A0A5 · #77628C
Palette 88ab8e
#88AB8E · #AFC8AD · #EEE7DA · #F2F1EB
Hidden Harbor
#B7A464 · #ACC7A5 · #6EC4B5 · #8F96C4
Palette A9907e
#A9907E · #F3DEBA · #ABC4AA · #675D50
Golden Ruby
#5C7057 · #89A482 · #ACC5A6 · #D1EDD3

Similar colors

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

#AAC8A7#ACC6AA#AFC8AD#ACC7A5#ABC4AA#ACC5A6#AEC8A4#B2C9AD#ACCFA3#A3C9AA#A8C4A6#ADC2A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABCBA9  ·  #ABCBAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABCBAA?

#ABCBAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 203, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABCBAA?

#ABCBAA is RGB 171, 203, 170 — HSL 118°, 24%, 73% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 16%, 20%.

What colors go with #ABCBAA?

Its complement is #CAAACB; analogous partners are #BBCBAA and #AACBB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABCBAA for text?

Black text on #ABCBAA has a contrast ratio of 11.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.