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#ACEA89 — Light Green

#ACEA89 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 #ACEA89 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.

#ACEA89 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 #C78AEA; it also sits naturally between #DDEA8A and #8AEA97. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEA89 · RGB 172, 234, 137

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Color values

HEX#ACEA89
RGB172, 234, 137
HSL98°, 70%, 73%
HSV98°, 41%, 92%
CMYK26%, 0%, 41%, 8%
XYZ50.95, 69.42, 34.38
Yxy69.42, 0.3292, 0.4486
CIE-Lab86.71, -36.56, 40.90
Hunter Lab83.32, -32.72, 30.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 92% · Blue 54%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 41% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACEA89 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACEA89 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACEA89

.text { color: #ACEA89; }
.background { background-color: #ACEA89; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEA89; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 234, 137); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 70%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEA89; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 234, 137, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEA89; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 234, 137, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACEA89">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACEA89">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACEA89

#98E56C#83E04D#6EDA2F#5DC322#51A91E#428B18#346C13#254E0E#173008#081103

Tints of #ACEA89

#B3EC93#BCEEA0#C2F0A8#C9F1B1#D2F4BE#D8F5C7#DEF7CF#E4F8D8#EDFAE5#F3FCEE

Tones of #ACEA89

#AFE391#B1DD98#B3D69F#B5CFA5#B6C8AC#B8C1B3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C78AEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.41:1 Fails
Against black text14.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEA89: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEA89

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 #ACEA89: ·

How #ACEA89 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7A0Deuteranopia · #C3BFA6Tritanopia · #AFB3B7

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACEA89 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffdd83
#FFDD83 · #E3F8FF · #28CC9E · #A6ED8E
Palette 4635b1
#4635B1 · #B771E5 · #AEEA94 · #FFFBCA
Radiant Terrace
#DEDA22 · #ADF180 · #6BF08A · #2BE6CB
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF

Similar colors

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

#A6ED8E#AEEA94#ADF180#B6E388#A8DF8E#B5E18B#9FE689#A8DD88#B5E184#B4E380#B9E78E#AFE47C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEA88  ·  #ACEA8A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEA89?

#ACEA89 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 234, 137). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEA89?

#ACEA89 is RGB 172, 234, 137 — HSL 98°, 70%, 73% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 41%, 8%.

What colors go with #ACEA89?

Its complement is #C78AEA; analogous partners are #DDEA8A and #8AEA97. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEA89 for text?

Black text on #ACEA89 has a contrast ratio of 14.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.