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#ABCDA2 — Light Dusty Green

#ABCDA2 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 #ABCDA2 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.

#ABCDA2 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 #C4A2CD; it also sits naturally between #C1CDA2 and #A2CDAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ABCDA2 · RGB 171, 205, 162

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Color values

HEX#ABCDA2
RGB171, 205, 162
HSL107°, 30%, 72%
HSV107°, 21%, 80%
CMYK17%, 0%, 21%, 20%
XYZ45.15, 54.93, 42.41
Yxy54.93, 0.3169, 0.3855
CIE-Lab79.00, -19.36, 17.74
Hunter Lab74.11, -17.28, 14.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 80% · Blue 64%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ABCDA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ABCDA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ABCDA2

.text { color: #ABCDA2; }
.background { background-color: #ABCDA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABCDA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 205, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(107, 30%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABCDA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 205, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABCDA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 205, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABCDA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABCDA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABCDA2

#97C18B#82B474#70A960#5F9550#507E44#426737#33502B#263C20#172414#080D07

Tints of #ABCDA2

#B1D1A9#BAD6B3#C0DAB9#C9DFC3#CFE2CA#D5E6D1#DEEBDB#E4EFE1#EDF4EB#F3F8F2

Tones of #ABCDA2

#ADCAA5#AFC7A9#B1C4AB#B2C1AE#B4BEB1#B6BAB5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4A2CD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text11.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #ABCDA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABCDA2

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 #ABCDA2: ·

How #ABCDA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BABAACDeuteranopia · #B8B5AFTritanopia · #ADB5B6

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ABCDA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 744577
#744577 · #F0E9B6 · #ACCFA3 · #84C5B1
Palette 1b515e
#1B515E · #338275 · #88B990 · #ABCD9E
Palette 496989
#496989 · #58A399 · #A8CD9F · #E2F4C5
Palette E7efc7
#E7EFC7 · #AEC8A4 · #8A784E · #3B3B1A
Hidden Harbor
#B7A464 · #ACC7A5 · #6EC4B5 · #8F96C4
Palette F6ffde
#F6FFDE · #E3F2C1 · #C9DBB2 · #AAC8A7

Similar colors

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

#ACCFA3#ABCD9E#A8CD9F#AEC8A4#ACC7A5#AAC8A7#A5C89E#ACC5A6#B0C5A4#B5CDA3#A8C4A6#ACC6AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ABCDA1  ·  #ABCDA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABCDA2?

#ABCDA2 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 171, 205, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABCDA2?

#ABCDA2 is RGB 171, 205, 162 — HSL 107°, 30%, 72% — CMYK 17%, 0%, 21%, 20%.

What colors go with #ABCDA2?

Its complement is #C4A2CD; analogous partners are #C1CDA2 and #A2CDAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABCDA2 for text?

Black text on #ABCDA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.