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#AFCFBC — Light Dusty Green

#AFCFBC 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 #AFCFBC 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.

#AFCFBC 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 #CFAFC2; it also sits naturally between #B3CFAF and #AFCFCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFCFBC · RGB 175, 207, 188

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Color values

HEX#AFCFBC
RGB175, 207, 188
HSL144°, 25%, 75%
HSV144°, 15%, 81%
CMYK15%, 0%, 9%, 19%
XYZ49.07, 57.37, 56.06
Yxy57.37, 0.3020, 0.3530
CIE-Lab80.39, -14.36, 5.88
Hunter Lab75.74, -13.07, 5.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 81% · Blue 74%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFCFBC

.text { color: #AFCFBC; }
.background { background-color: #AFCFBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFCFBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 207, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(144, 25%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFCFBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 207, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFCFBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 207, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFCFBC

#99C2A9#83B497#6CA784#5A9672#4D8061#3D664E#30503D#22392C#15231B#080D0A

Tints of #AFCFBC

#B6D3C1#BCD7C7#C2DBCC#C9DED1#D2E4DA#D9E8DF#DFECE4#E6F0EA#ECF4EF#F2F7F4

Tones of #AFCFBC

#B2CDBD#B4CBBD#B6C8BD#B8C6BE#BBC4BE#BDC2BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFAFC2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFCFBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFCFBC

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 #AFCFBC: ·

How #AFCFBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BDBDC1Deuteranopia · #BBB9C2Tritanopia · #B1C4C5

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 #AFCFBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 659287
#659287 · #88BDA4 · #B1D3B9 · #E6F2DD
Palette Ea907a
#EA907A · #FBC687 · #F4F7C5 · #AACDBE
Palette Bc9f8b
#BC9F8B · #B5CFB7 · #CADABF · #E7E8D8
Palette 86a789
#86A789 · #B2C8BA · #D2E3C8 · #EBF3E8
Palette 5d414d
#5D414D · #7E858B · #ABD4C1 · #E5F6C6
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7

Similar colors

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

#B1D3B9#AACDBE#B5CFB7#B2C8BA#ABD4C1#B6CBBD#B6CEB4#AAD9BB#B1D7B4#ADCCC7#BAD1C2#B8CFB3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFCFBB  ·  #AFCFBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFCFBC?

#AFCFBC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 175, 207, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFCFBC?

#AFCFBC is RGB 175, 207, 188 — HSL 144°, 25%, 75% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 9%, 19%.

What colors go with #AFCFBC?

Its complement is #CFAFC2; analogous partners are #B3CFAF and #AFCFCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFCFBC for text?

Black text on #AFCFBC has a contrast ratio of 12.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.