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#AAEECA — Light Green

#AAEECA 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 #AAEECA 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.

#AAEECA 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 #EEAACE; it also sits naturally between #ACEEAA and #AAEEEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEECA · RGB 170, 238, 202

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Color values

HEX#AAEECA
RGB170, 238, 202
HSL148°, 67%, 80%
HSV148°, 29%, 93%
CMYK29%, 0%, 15%, 7%
XYZ57.81, 73.96, 67.11
Yxy73.96, 0.2907, 0.3719
CIE-Lab88.90, -28.53, 10.67
Hunter Lab86.00, -26.32, 9.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 79%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAEECA

.text { color: #AAEECA; }
.background { background-color: #AAEECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 238, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(148, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 238, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 238, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAEECA

#88E7B4#6AE2A2#48DB8C#2AD57A#23B366#1D9153#177342#10512E#0A331D#03110A

Tints of #AAEECA

#B2F0CF#B7F1D2#BFF2D7#C3F3DA#CCF5DF#D4F7E4#D9F7E7#E1F9EC#E5FAEF#EEFCF4

Tones of #AAEECA

#AFE9CA#B4E4CA#B9DFCB#BDDBCB#C2D6CB#C7D1CC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAACE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEECA

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 #AAEECA: ·

How #AAEECA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C8D3Deuteranopia · #C4BED5Tritanopia · #ADDADB

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 #AAEECA rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Dusk
#A7E7CE · #3BB585 · #298E67 · #1F6A4D
Scarlet Ruby Bloom
#C1115C · #F054A1 · #14E48B · #AEF3D0
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Misty Ruby Orchard
#189B66 · #8C21D5 · #D08820 · #A7E8C3
Ruby Meadow
#287A74 · #55A9A0 · #AEEED3 · #FFF8B0

Similar colors

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

#A7E7CE#AEF3D0#A8E6CF#A7E8C3#AEEED3#A0EECC#B2F3CF#A1EFC4#A7F1C0#A6EBD4#B0E8C2#B0EFD4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEEC9  ·  #AAEECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEECA?

#AAEECA is Light Green, a green color (RGB 170, 238, 202). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEECA?

#AAEECA is RGB 170, 238, 202 — HSL 148°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 15%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEECA?

Its complement is #EEAACE; analogous partners are #ACEEAA and #AAEEEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEECA for text?

Black text on #AAEECA has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.