Palettes / Colors / #AECAAA

#AECAAA — Light Dusty Green

#AECAAA 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 #AECAAA 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.

#AECAAA 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 #C6AACA; it also sits naturally between #BECAAA and #AACAB6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 21%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AECAAA

.text { color: #AECAAA; }
.background { background-color: #AECAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AECAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 202, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(112, 23%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AECAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 202, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AECAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 202, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AECAAA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6AACA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AECAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AECAAA

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:

How #AECAAA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AECAA9  ·  #AECAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AECAAA?

#AECAAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 174, 202, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AECAAA?

#AECAAA is RGB 174, 202, 170 — HSL 112°, 23%, 73% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 16%, 21%.

What colors go with #AECAAA?

Its complement is #C6AACA; analogous partners are #BECAAA and #AACAB6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AECAAA for text?

Black text on #AECAAA has a contrast ratio of 11.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.