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#ACE260 — Green

#ACE260 is a green color we call Green, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #ACE260 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.

#ACE260 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 #9660E2; it also sits naturally between #E2D760 and #6AE260. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACE260 · RGB 172, 226, 96

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Color values

HEX#ACE260
RGB172, 226, 96
HSL85°, 69%, 63%
HSV85°, 58%, 89%
CMYK24%, 0%, 58%, 11%
XYZ46.32, 64.01, 20.98
Yxy64.01, 0.3528, 0.4875
CIE-Lab83.97, -37.43, 56.85
Hunter Lab80.00, -32.90, 37.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 89% · Blue 38%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 58% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACE260 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACE260 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACE260

.text { color: #ACE260; }
.background { background-color: #ACE260; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACE260; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 226, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(85, 69%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACE260; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 226, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACE260; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 226, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACE260">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACE260">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACE260

#9EDD46#90D82C#80C224#6FA81F#61931B#507916#3F5F11#2D450D#1C2B08#0B1103

Tints of #ACE260

#B2E46C#BBE77E#C2EA8B#C9EC98#D2EFA9#D9F2B6#DFF4C3#E6F6D0#EFF9E1#F6FCEE

Tones of #ACE260

#AAD869#A8CF72#A7C57C#A5BD84#A4B48E#A2AA97

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9660E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACE260: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACE260

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 #ACE260: ·

How #ACE260 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C47FDeuteranopia · #C0BC87Tritanopia · #AF989E

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACE260 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Whisper
#ADE163 · #6CE160 · #2DD16D · #7BE1D5
Golden Ruby Breeze
#DDF3BE · #B4E175 · #A9DE5E · #3B5714
Tranquil Ruby Zephyr
#6BBA24 · #A6DF5A · #A15CE0 · #E0CAF1
Honey Drift
#916822 · #9E9B16 · #B4E05B · #77D24B
Scarlet Marble
#D4D713 · #B2E963 · #6EE750 · #10C133
Burning Ruby Saffron
#DDDB30 · #A7DB5B · #40C225 · #3FE86A

Similar colors

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

#ADE163#A9DE5E#A6DF5A#B4E05B#B2E963#A7DB5B#A3DC65#A4DF57#B6E75A#A6E957#B2D959#B6DE68

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACE25F  ·  #ACE261 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACE260?

#ACE260 is Green, a green color (RGB 172, 226, 96). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACE260?

#ACE260 is RGB 172, 226, 96 — HSL 85°, 69%, 63% — CMYK 24%, 0%, 58%, 11%.

What colors go with #ACE260?

Its complement is #9660E2; analogous partners are #E2D760 and #6AE260. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACE260 for text?

Black text on #ACE260 has a contrast ratio of 13.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.