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#AFCDAC — Light Dusty Green

#AFCDAC 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 #AFCDAC 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.

#AFCDAC 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 #CBACCD; it also sits naturally between #BFCDAC and #ACCDBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFCDAC · RGB 175, 205, 172

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Color values

HEX#AFCDAC
RGB175, 205, 172
HSL115°, 25%, 74%
HSV115°, 16%, 80%
CMYK15%, 0%, 16%, 20%
XYZ46.96, 55.76, 47.32
Yxy55.76, 0.3130, 0.3716
CIE-Lab79.47, -16.26, 13.12
Hunter Lab74.67, -14.66, 11.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 80% · Blue 67%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFCDAC

.text { color: #AFCDAC; }
.background { background-color: #AFCDAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFCDAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 205, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(115, 25%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFCDAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 205, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFCDAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 205, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFCDAC

#99C096#84B380#6EA569#5D9358#4F7C4B#41663D#325030#243922#162315#080D08

Tints of #AFCDAC

#B5D1B3#BBD5B9#C4DBC2#CBDEC9#D1E2CF#D7E6D6#DDEADC#E6F0E6#EDF4EC#F3F7F2

Tones of #AFCDAC

#B1CBAF#B3C9B1#B5C6B3#B7C4B5#B9C1B8#BABFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBACCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFCDAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFCDAC

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 #AFCDAC: ·

How #AFCDAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBCB4Deuteranopia · #BAB8B6Tritanopia · #B1BABC

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 4b5945
#4B5945 · #66785F · #91AC8F · #B2C9AD
Palette 88ab8e
#88AB8E · #AFC8AD · #EEE7DA · #F2F1EB
Palette E5e3c9
#E5E3C9 · #B4CFB0 · #94B49F · #789395
Palette Eeeeee
#EEEEEE · #ACC6AA · #71A0A5 · #77628C
Palette F6ffde
#F6FFDE · #E3F2C1 · #C9DBB2 · #AAC8A7
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA

Similar colors

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

#B2C9AD#AFC8AD#B4CFB0#ACC6AA#AAC8A7#B6C7AA#AEC8A4#ACCFA3#ACC7A5#ABC4AA#AEC3AE#ACC5A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFCDAB  ·  #AFCDAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFCDAC?

#AFCDAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 175, 205, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFCDAC?

#AFCDAC is RGB 175, 205, 172 — HSL 115°, 25%, 74% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 16%, 20%.

What colors go with #AFCDAC?

Its complement is #CBACCD; analogous partners are #BFCDAC and #ACCDBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFCDAC for text?

Black text on #AFCDAC has a contrast ratio of 12.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.