Palettes / Colors / #ABE274

#ABE274 — Light Green

#ABE274 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 #ABE274 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.

#ABE274 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 #AB74E2; it also sits naturally between #E2E274 and #74E274. 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 89% · Blue 45%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 49% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABE274

.text { color: #ABE274; }
.background { background-color: #ABE274; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABE274; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 226, 116); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 65%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABE274; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 226, 116, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABE274; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 226, 116, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABE274">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABE274">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ABE274

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AB74E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABE274: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABE274

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 #ABE274 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 #ABE274 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

← #ABE273  ·  #ABE275 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABE274?

#ABE274 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 171, 226, 116). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABE274?

#ABE274 is RGB 171, 226, 116 — HSL 90°, 65%, 67% — CMYK 24%, 0%, 49%, 11%.

What colors go with #ABE274?

Its complement is #AB74E2; analogous partners are #E2E274 and #74E274. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABE274 for text?

Black text on #ABE274 has a contrast ratio of 13.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.