Palettes / Colors / #8AEB80

#8AEB80 — Light Green

#8AEB80 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color LightGreen (#90EE90). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightgreen (#90EE90) — not an exact match. CSS lightgreen gives you #90EE90, a different color; use #8AEB80 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.

#8AEB80 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E07FEB; it also sits naturally between #C0EB7F and #7FEBAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 92% · Blue 50%

Cyan 41% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 46% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #8AEB80

.text { color: #8AEB80; }
.background { background-color: #8AEB80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8AEB80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 235, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(114, 73%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8AEB80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 235, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8AEB80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 235, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8AEB80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8AEB80">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E07FEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #8AEB80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8AEB80

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:

How #8AEB80 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8AEB80 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #8AEB80?

#8AEB80 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 138, 235, 128). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8AEB80?

#8AEB80 is RGB 138, 235, 128 — HSL 114°, 73%, 71% — CMYK 41%, 0%, 46%, 8%.

What colors go with #8AEB80?

Its complement is #E07FEB; analogous partners are #C0EB7F and #7FEBAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8AEB80 for text?

Black text on #8AEB80 has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.