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#AFCABC — Light Dusty Green

#AFCABC is a green color we call Light Dusty Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

#AFCABC 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 #CAAFBD; it also sits naturally between #B0CAAF and #AFCACA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFCABC · RGB 175, 202, 188

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Color values

HEX#AFCABC
RGB175, 202, 188
HSL149°, 20%, 74%
HSV149°, 13%, 79%
CMYK13%, 0%, 7%, 21%
XYZ47.88, 54.99, 55.67
Yxy54.99, 0.3020, 0.3468
CIE-Lab79.03, -11.79, 3.93
Hunter Lab74.15, -10.72, 3.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 79% · Blue 74%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFCABC

.text { color: #AFCABC; }
.background { background-color: #AFCABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFCABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 202, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(149, 20%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFCABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 202, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFCABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 202, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFCABC

#9ABCAA#85AD98#6F9F86#5E8D75#507763#416251#334D3F#25372E#16221C#080C0A

Tints of #AFCABC

#B6CEC1#BCD2C7#C5D8CE#CBDCD3#D1E0D8#D7E4DE#DDE9E3#E7EFEA#EDF3F0#F3F7F5

Tones of #AFCABC

#B1C8BC#B3C6BC#B5C4BC#B7C3BD#B9C1BD#BBBFBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAAFBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text12.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFCABC: #000000.

How #AFCABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BBBBBFDeuteranopia · #B9B7C0Tritanopia · #B0C2C3

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 #AFCABC rather than the exact color:

Palette 86a789
#86A789 · #B2C8BA · #D2E3C8 · #EBF3E8
Palette Ea907a
#EA907A · #FBC687 · #F4F7C5 · #AACDBE
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7
Palette Bc9f8b
#BC9F8B · #B5CFB7 · #CADABF · #E7E8D8
Palette 659287
#659287 · #88BDA4 · #B1D3B9 · #E6F2DD
Palette 2f5d62
#2F5D62 · #5E8B7E · #A7C4BC · #DFEEEA

Similar colors

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

#B2C8BA#AACDBE#B6CBBD#B5CFB7#B1D3B9#A7C4BC#AEC2B6#B6C4B6#B6CEB4#ADCCC7#ABD4C1#A7C8C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFCABB  ·  #AFCABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFCABC?

#AFCABC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 175, 202, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFCABC?

#AFCABC is RGB 175, 202, 188 — HSL 149°, 20%, 74% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 7%, 21%.

What colors go with #AFCABC?

Its complement is #CAAFBD; analogous partners are #B0CAAF and #AFCACA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFCABC for text?

Black text on #AFCABC has a contrast ratio of 12.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.