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#AAD080 — Light Muted Green

#AAD080 is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color DarkSeaGreen (#8FBC8F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkseagreen (#8FBC8F) — not an exact match. CSS darkseagreen gives you #8FBC8F, a different color; use #AAD080 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.

#AAD080 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 #A780D0; it also sits naturally between #D0CF80 and #82D080. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAD080 · RGB 170, 208, 128

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Color values

HEX#AAD080
RGB170, 208, 128
HSL89°, 46%, 66%
HSV89°, 38%, 82%
CMYK18%, 0%, 38%, 18%
XYZ43.03, 55.22, 28.81
Yxy55.22, 0.3387, 0.4346
CIE-Lab79.17, -26.27, 35.68
Hunter Lab74.31, -23.07, 25.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 82% · Blue 50%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 18%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAD080 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAD080 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAD080

.text { color: #AAD080; }
.background { background-color: #AAD080; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAD080; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 208, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(89, 46%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAD080; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 208, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAD080; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 208, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAD080">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAD080">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAD080

#9BC86A#8BC054#7AAF41#6A9938#5B8230#4B6C28#3C5620#293C16#1A250E#0A0F06

Tints of #AAD080

#B1D48C#B9D897#C0DDA2#C8E1AD#CFE5B8#D7E9C3#DEEDCF#E6F1DA#EDF5E5#F5F9F0

Tones of #AAD080

#A9CA86#A9C58C#A9BF92#A9BA97#A9B49D#A9AEA2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A780D0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.74:1 Fails
Against black text12.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAD080: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAD080

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 #AAD080: ·

How #AAD080 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BABB93Deuteranopia · #B8B598Tritanopia · #ACA3A6

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAD080 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Solace
#A34B84 · #83634C · #A8CB81 · #75B698
Palette A5cf83
#A5CF83 · #F0E76F · #ECB65F · #E89951
Palette E89951
#E89951 · #ECB65F · #F0E76F · #A5CF83
Cosmic Zephyr
#A7CC85 · #91B3A0 · #95B9CA · #8072AF
Rustic Cinder
#D97D80 · #9E6C44 · #DDD894 · #B1D47E
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E

Similar colors

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

#A8CB81#A5CF83#A7CC85#B1D47E#A8CD89#B0CE88#A7D477#B4CD83#B1D97E#A0D683#A0D585#AED676

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAD07F  ·  #AAD081 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAD080?

#AAD080 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 170, 208, 128). Its closest standard named color is DarkSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAD080?

#AAD080 is RGB 170, 208, 128 — HSL 89°, 46%, 66% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 38%, 18%.

What colors go with #AAD080?

Its complement is #A780D0; analogous partners are #D0CF80 and #82D080. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAD080 for text?

Black text on #AAD080 has a contrast ratio of 12.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.74:1.