Palettes / Colors / #AAEEBE

#AAEEBE — Light Green

#AAEEBE is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: powderblue (#B0E0E6) — not an exact match. CSS powderblue gives you #B0E0E6, a different color; use #AAEEBE 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.

#AAEEBE 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 #EEAADA; it also sits naturally between #B7EEAA and #AAEEE1. 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 67% · Green 93% · Blue 75%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAEEBE

.text { color: #AAEEBE; }
.background { background-color: #AAEEBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEEBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 238, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(138, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEEBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 238, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEEBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 238, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAEEBE

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAADA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAEEBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEEBE

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 #AAEEBE 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 #AAEEBE 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 #AAEEBE?

#AAEEBE is Light Green, a green color (RGB 170, 238, 190). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEEBE?

#AAEEBE is RGB 170, 238, 190 — HSL 138°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 20%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEEBE?

Its complement is #EEAADA; analogous partners are #B7EEAA and #AAEEE1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEEBE for text?

Black text on #AAEEBE has a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.