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#ADCA91 — Light Muted Green

#ADCA91 is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color DarkSeaGreen (#8FBC8F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkseagreen (#8FBC8F) — not an exact match. CSS darkseagreen gives you #8FBC8F, a different color; use #ADCA91 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.

#ADCA91 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 #AE91CA; it also sits naturally between #C9CA91 and #91CA92. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADCA91 · RGB 173, 202, 145

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Color values

HEX#ADCA91
RGB173, 202, 145
HSL91°, 35%, 68%
HSV91°, 28%, 79%
CMYK14%, 0%, 28%, 21%
XYZ43.46, 53.17, 34.76
Yxy53.17, 0.3308, 0.4047
CIE-Lab77.98, -19.85, 25.34
Hunter Lab72.92, -17.59, 19.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 79% · Blue 57%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 28% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ADCA91 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ADCA91 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ADCA91

.text { color: #ADCA91; }
.background { background-color: #ADCA91; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADCA91; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 202, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(91, 35%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADCA91; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 202, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADCA91; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 202, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADCA91">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADCA91">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADCA91

#9DC07C#8BB464#7BA951#6A9146#5B7C3C#4C6732#3A4F26#2B3B1C#192211#0A0E07

Tints of #ADCA91

#B4CF9B#BCD4A5#C1D7AC#C9DCB7#D1E1C1#D8E6CB#E0EBD6#E5EEDD#EDF3E7#F5F8F1

Tones of #ADCA91

#ADC695#ADC299#ADBE9D#ADBAA1#ADB6A5#ADB1A9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AE91CA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADCA91: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADCA91

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 #ADCA91: ·

How #ADCA91 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BABA9FDeuteranopia · #B8B6A2Tritanopia · #AEAAAC

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 #ADCA91 rather than the exact color:

Crystal Ruby Horizon
#2A3817 · #507425 · #81CC3A · #ABC794
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198
Palette Fffd8f
#FFFD8F · #B0CE88 · #4C763B · #043915
Palette 5f5d9c
#5F5D9C · #6196A6 · #A4CE95 · #F4EDCC

Similar colors

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

#ABC794#B3C890#A8CD89#AFD198#B0CE88#A4CE95#B0C59A#A6CF98#B5CB99#B4CA9A#A4CE8B#A7D397

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADCA90  ·  #ADCA92 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADCA91?

#ADCA91 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 173, 202, 145). Its closest standard named color is DarkSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADCA91?

#ADCA91 is RGB 173, 202, 145 — HSL 91°, 35%, 68% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 28%, 21%.

What colors go with #ADCA91?

Its complement is #AE91CA; analogous partners are #C9CA91 and #91CA92. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADCA91 for text?

Black text on #ADCA91 has a contrast ratio of 11.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.