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#AFCDCC — Light Dusty Teal

#AFCDCC is a teal color we call Light Dusty Teal, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AFCDCC 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.

#AFCDCC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity 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 #CEB1B2; it also sits naturally between #B1CEBE and #B1C0CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFCDCC · RGB 175, 205, 204

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Color values

HEX#AFCDCC
RGB175, 205, 204
HSL178°, 23%, 75%
HSV178°, 15%, 80%
CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 20%
XYZ50.41, 57.14, 65.50
Yxy57.14, 0.2913, 0.3302
CIE-Lab80.26, -10.17, -2.87
Hunter Lab75.59, -9.35, -2.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFCDCC

.text { color: #AFCDCC; }
.background { background-color: #AFCDCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFCDCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 205, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 23%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFCDCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 205, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFCDCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 205, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFCDCC

#9BC0BF#85B2B1#6FA5A3#5C9392#4F7D7C#3F6463#314E4D#233838#162322#080D0C

Tints of #AFCDCC

#B7D2D1#BDD6D5#C3DAD9#CADEDD#D3E4E3#D9E7E7#E0EBEB#E6EFEF#ECF3F3#F2F7F7

Tones of #AFCDCC

#B3CCCB#B5C9C9#B7C8C7#B9C6C5#BBC4C3#BDC1C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEB1B2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.43:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFCDCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFCDCC

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 #AFCDCC: ·

How #AFCDCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBCCCDeuteranopia · #BAB8CCTritanopia · #B1CCCC

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 · #F8F9FATailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 80a3a2
#80A3A2 · #ABCECF · #C4DCE0 · #DAF4F5
Palette Adccc7
#ADCCC7 · #144C52 · #053220 · #D34C26
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette B3c8cf
#B3C8CF · #BED7DC · #F1EEDC · #E5DDC5
Palette 89a8b2
#89A8B2 · #B3C8CF · #E5E1DA · #F1F0E8
Palette De8971
#DE8971 · #7B6079 · #A7D0CD · #FFE9D6

Similar colors

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

#ABCECF#ADCCC7#AACFCF#B3C8CF#A7D0CD#B8CFCE#ADC4CE#AED6CF#B4D6CD#A6CDC6#A5C9CA#A7C8C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFCDCB  ·  #AFCDCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFCDCC?

#AFCDCC is Light Dusty Teal, a teal color (RGB 175, 205, 204). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFCDCC?

#AFCDCC is RGB 175, 205, 204 — HSL 178°, 23%, 75% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #AFCDCC?

Its complement is #CEB1B2; analogous partners are #B1CEBE and #B1C0CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFCDCC for text?

Black text on #AFCDCC has a contrast ratio of 12.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.