Palettes / Colors / #ABEC79

#ABEC79 — Light Green

#ABEC79 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 #ABEC79 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.

#ABEC79 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 #BA79EC; it also sits naturally between #E4EC79 and #79EC81. 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 47%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 49% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ABEC79

.text { color: #ABEC79; }
.background { background-color: #ABEC79; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ABEC79; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 236, 121); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 75%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ABEC79; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 236, 121, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ABEC79; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 236, 121, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ABEC79">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ABEC79">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BA79EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ABEC79: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ABEC79

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 #ABEC79 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 #ABEC79 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

← #ABEC78  ·  #ABEC7A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ABEC79?

#ABEC79 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 171, 236, 121). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ABEC79?

#ABEC79 is RGB 171, 236, 121 — HSL 94°, 75%, 70% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 49%, 7%.

What colors go with #ABEC79?

Its complement is #BA79EC; analogous partners are #E4EC79 and #79EC81. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ABEC79 for text?

Black text on #ABEC79 has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.