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Moss Silk Faint
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Moss Silk Faint

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#ABB6A5
RGB
rgb(171, 182, 165)
HSL
hsl(100, 10%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(6%, 0%, 9%, 29%)
Metrics
S 10% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.1:1Fail
on black
10:1AA
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About this color

Moss Silk Faint (#ABB6A5) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 10% saturation, 68% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-faint: #ABB6A5;
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-faint-hsl: hsl(100, 10%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-faint-rgb: rgb(171, 182, 165);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A grounded mid-tone — sober, considered, well-suited to body text accents, editorial layouts, or any context where restraint reads as quality.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #ABB6A5.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #ABB6A5.

  • ScandinaviaAsh Grey
    #A8AAA5 · Birch and ash bark
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Olive Silver
    #9CA38F · Olea europaea leaf undersides
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Moss Bloom Faint
#C0C8BC · hsl(100, 10%, 76%)
Darker companion
Moss Tone Faint
#96A38F · hsl(100, 10%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Silk Faint
#B0A5B6 · hsl(280, 10%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Silk Faint
#A5B6A5 · hsl(120, 10%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Silk Faint
#B1B6A5 · hsl(75, 10%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Silk Faint
#A5ABB6 · hsl(220, 10%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Silk Faint
#B6A5AB · hsl(340, 10%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Silk Faint
#A8A5B6 · hsl(250, 10%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Silk Faint
#B6A5B3 · hsl(310, 10%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Silk Faint #ABB6A5
Lighter companion: Moss Bloom Faint #C0C8BC
Darker companion: Moss Tone Faint #96A38F
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Silk Faint #B0A5B6
Analogous lead: Emerald Silk Faint #A5B6A5
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Silk Faint #B1B6A5
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Silk Faint #A5ABB6
Triadic +240°: Garnet Silk Faint #B6A5AB
Split-comp +150°: Violet Silk Faint #A8A5B6
Split-comp +210°: Peony Silk Faint #B6A5B3

Compare

See how Moss Silk Faint compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Bloom FaintvsMoss Tone FaintvsMulberry Silk FaintvsEmerald Silk FaintvsChartreuse Silk FaintvsCobalt Silk Faint

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Moss Silk Muted
#A9BC9F · hsl(100, 18%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Faint
#96A38F · hsl(100, 10%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Faint
#C0C8BC · hsl(100, 10%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Dust
#A6C398 · hsl(100, 26%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Muted
#93AB87 · hsl(100, 18%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Muted
#BECDB7 · hsl(100, 18%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7:1
Mulberry Nocturne Clear
#3C174F
AAA7:1
Mulberry Nocturne Vivid
#400D59
AAA7:1
Mulberry Nocturne Bright
#41085E
AAA7:1
Mulberry Nocturne Pure
#430462
AAA7.6:1
Mulberry Ink Faint
#252027
AAA7.7:1
Mulberry Ink Muted
#261D2A

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#AFAEAA
Protanopia
#B0B0A9
Tritanopia
#ACADAD
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