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#ADCDBE — Light Dusty Green

#ADCDBE 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 #ADCDBE 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.

#ADCDBE is a cool 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 #CDADBC; it also sits naturally between #ADCDAE and #ADCCCD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADCDBE · RGB 173, 205, 190

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Color values

HEX#ADCDBE
RGB173, 205, 190
HSL152°, 24%, 74%
HSV152°, 16%, 80%
CMYK16%, 0%, 7%, 20%
XYZ48.36, 56.26, 57.03
Yxy56.26, 0.2992, 0.3481
CIE-Lab79.76, -13.61, 3.90
Hunter Lab75.01, -12.37, 3.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 80% · Blue 75%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ADCDBE

.text { color: #ADCDBE; }
.background { background-color: #ADCDBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADCDBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 205, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(152, 24%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADCDBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 205, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADCDBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 205, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ADCDBE

#97BFAC#81B19B#6AA489#599177#4C7B65#3E6553#304F41#23392F#15231C#080D0A

Tints of #ADCDBE

#B3D0C3#B9D4C8#C3DACF#C9DED4#D0E2D9#D6E6DE#DCEAE3#E6EFEB#ECF3F0#F2F7F5

Tones of #ADCDBE

#AFCBBE#B1C8BD#B3C6BD#B6C3BD#B8C1BD#BBBFBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDADBC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.71:1 Fails
Against black text12.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADCDBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADCDBE

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 #ADCDBE: ·

How #ADCDBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBBC2Deuteranopia · #B9B7C3Tritanopia · #AFC4C5

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Ea907a
#EA907A · #FBC687 · #F4F7C5 · #AACDBE
Palette 5d414d
#5D414D · #7E858B · #ABD4C1 · #E5F6C6
Palette 86a789
#86A789 · #B2C8BA · #D2E3C8 · #EBF3E8
Palette 659287
#659287 · #88BDA4 · #B1D3B9 · #E6F2DD
Palette Adccc7
#ADCCC7 · #144C52 · #053220 · #D34C26
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7

Similar colors

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

#AACDBE#ABD4C1#B2C8BA#B1D3B9#ADCCC7#B6CBBD#A6CDC6#B5CFB7#A7C4BC#A7C8C6#AAD9BB#A3D1C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADCDBD  ·  #ADCDBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADCDBE?

#ADCDBE is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 173, 205, 190). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADCDBE?

#ADCDBE is RGB 173, 205, 190 — HSL 152°, 24%, 74% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 7%, 20%.

What colors go with #ADCDBE?

Its complement is #CDADBC; analogous partners are #ADCDAE and #ADCCCD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADCDBE for text?

Black text on #ADCDBE has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.