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#AAEEB2 — Light Green

#AAEEB2 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color PaleGreen (#98FB98). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegreen (#98FB98) — not an exact match. CSS palegreen gives you #98FB98, a different color; use #AAEEB2 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.

#AAEEB2 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EEAAE6; it also sits naturally between #C4EEAA and #AAEED4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEEB2 · RGB 170, 238, 178

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Color values

HEX#AAEEB2
RGB170, 238, 178
HSL127°, 67%, 80%
HSV127°, 29%, 93%
CMYK29%, 0%, 25%, 7%
XYZ55.19, 72.91, 53.28
Yxy72.91, 0.3043, 0.4020
CIE-Lab88.40, -32.89, 22.40
Hunter Lab85.39, -29.97, 18.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 70%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAEEB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAEEB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAEEB2

.text { color: #AAEEB2; }
.background { background-color: #AAEEB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEEB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 238, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(127, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEEB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 238, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEEB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 238, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAEEB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAEEB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAEEB2

#88E793#6AE278#48DB59#2AD53E#23B334#1D912A#177321#105118#0A330F#031105

Tints of #AAEEB2

#B2F0BA#B7F1BD#BFF2C5#C3F3C9#CCF5D1#D4F7D8#D9F7DC#E1F9E4#E5FAE8#EEFCF0

Tones of #AAEEB2

#AFE9B6#B4E4B9#B9DFBD#BDDBC1#C2D6C5#C7D1C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAAE6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEEB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEEB2

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 #AAEEB2: ·

How #AAEEB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C8C1Deuteranopia · #C4BEC4Tritanopia · #ADCCCF

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 #AAEEB2 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Whisper
#A41376 · #EE6CDD · #19D655 · #A8EFB4
Gentle Ruby Opal
#B41687 · #E84594 · #1CE255 · #A7EEB6
Lucky Ruby Harbor
#20C549 · #421DB2 · #DC5528 · #ADE8B2
Palette Ace1af
#ACE1AF · #B0EBB4 · #BFF6C3 · #E0FBE2
Palette Ecf4e8
#ECF4E8 · #CBF3BB · #ABE7B2 · #93BFC7
Velvet Ruby Cascade
#9D9E1E · #90D62A · #8CE576 · #ABEFB9

Similar colors

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

#A8EFB4#A7EEB6#ADE8B2#B0EBB4#ABE7B2#ABEFB9#AEF4B1#A9E8AE#B1F1B2#AFEEBA#B1E7B3#B2EFAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEEB1  ·  #AAEEB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEEB2?

#AAEEB2 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 170, 238, 178). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEEB2?

#AAEEB2 is RGB 170, 238, 178 — HSL 127°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEEB2?

Its complement is #EEAAE6; analogous partners are #C4EEAA and #AAEED4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEEB2 for text?

Black text on #AAEEB2 has a contrast ratio of 15.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.