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#AFCAAC — Light Dusty Green

#AFCAAC 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 #AFCAAC 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.

#AFCAAC 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 #C6ABC9; it also sits naturally between #BDC9AB and #ABC9B7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFCAAC · RGB 175, 202, 172

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Color values

HEX#AFCAAC
RGB175, 202, 172
HSL114°, 22%, 73%
HSV114°, 15%, 79%
CMYK13%, 0%, 15%, 21%
XYZ46.25, 54.33, 47.08
Yxy54.33, 0.3132, 0.3680
CIE-Lab78.66, -14.74, 11.96
Hunter Lab73.71, -13.28, 10.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFCAAC

.text { color: #AFCAAC; }
.background { background-color: #AFCAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFCAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 202, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(114, 22%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFCAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 202, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFCAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 202, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFCAAC

#99BB95#84AD7F#6FA06A#5F8C5A#52794E#436440#354E32#263824#172216#080C08

Tints of #AFCAAC

#B4CDB1#BDD3BB#C3D7C1#C9DBC7#D2E1D0#D8E5D7#DEE9DD#E4EDE3#EDF3EC#F3F7F3

Tones of #AFCAAC

#B0C7AD#B1C5AF#B3C3B1#B5C0B4#B7BEB6#B8BCB8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6ABC9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFCAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFCAAC

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 #AFCAAC: ·

How #AFCAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBBB3Deuteranopia · #B9B7B5Tritanopia · #B0B9BA

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 #AFCAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette 88ab8e
#88AB8E · #AFC8AD · #EEE7DA · #F2F1EB
Palette 4b5945
#4B5945 · #66785F · #91AC8F · #B2C9AD
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #ACC6AA · #71A0A5 · #77628C
Palette F6ffde
#F6FFDE · #E3F2C1 · #C9DBB2 · #AAC8A7
Palette 94a684
#94A684 · #AEC3AE · #E4E4D0 · #FFEEF4
Palette A9907e
#A9907E · #F3DEBA · #ABC4AA · #675D50

Similar colors

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

#AFC8AD#B2C9AD#ACC6AA#AAC8A7#AEC3AE#ABC4AA#B6C7AA#B4CFB0#ACC7A5#AEC8A4#ACC5A6#ADC2A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFCAAB  ·  #AFCAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFCAAC?

#AFCAAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 175, 202, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFCAAC?

#AFCAAC is RGB 175, 202, 172 — HSL 114°, 22%, 73% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 15%, 21%.

What colors go with #AFCAAC?

Its complement is #C6ABC9; analogous partners are #BDC9AB and #ABC9B7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFCAAC for text?

Black text on #AFCAAC has a contrast ratio of 11.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.