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#ABD9BD Color

#ABD9BD is rgb(171, 217, 189) in RGB, hsl(143, 38%, 76%) in HSL, and about cmyk(21%, 0%, 13%, 15%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Turquoise Green (#A0D6B4), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.52. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ABD9BD
HEX#ABD9BD
RGBrgb(171, 217, 189)
HSLhsl(143, 38%, 76%)
HSVhsv(143, 21%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 0%, 13%, 15%)
OKLCHoklch(84.5% 0.062 158.1)
LABlab(82.85% -19.74 8.69)
LCHlch(82.85% 21.57 156.23)

What #ABD9BD Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #ABD9BD, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#ABD9BD Channel Values

How #ABD9BD breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 171 · G 217 · B 1898-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 143° · S 38% · L 76%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 143° · S 21% · V 85%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 21% · M 0% · Y 13% · K 15%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.57:1 vs white · 13.39:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ABD9BD background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.57:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.39:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #ABD9BD

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ABD9BD; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #ABD9BD

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #ABD9BD.

How #ABD9BD Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#ABD9BD
Protanopia#D2D2BD
Protanomaly#C4D5BD
Deuteranopia#CBCBBE
Deuteranomaly#BFD1BE
Tritanopia#AFD6D6
Tritanomaly#AED7CC
Achromatopsia#CECECE

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ABD9BD in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-abd9bd: #ABD9BD;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ABD9BD;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-abd9bd': '#ABD9BD' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.851, blue: 0.741)
Android XML<color name="color_abd9bd">#ABD9BD</color>
SVG fillfill="#ABD9BD"

More Green Colors

#ABD9BD sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#ABD9BD Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ABD9BD?

#ABD9BD is a light green — rgb(171, 217, 189) in RGB and hsl(143, 38%, 76%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Turquoise Green (#A0D6B4), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.52.

What is the RGB value of #ABD9BD?

#ABD9BD is rgb(171, 217, 189) — red 171, green 217, and blue 189 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ABD9BD?

#ABD9BD converts to approximately cmyk(21%, 0%, 13%, 15%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ABD9BD be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ABD9BD scores 1.57:1 against white and 13.39:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ABD9BD as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ABD9BD is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkseagreen (#8FBC8F) at a CIE76 distance of 14.3, which is visibly different.

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