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#ACECA2 — Light Green

#ACECA2 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color PaleGreen (#98FB98). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegreen (#98FB98) — not an exact match. CSS palegreen gives you #98FB98, a different color; use #ACECA2 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.

#ACECA2 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 #E2A2EC; it also sits naturally between #D1ECA2 and #A2ECBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACECA2 · RGB 172, 236, 162

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Color values

HEX#ACECA2
RGB172, 236, 162
HSL112°, 66%, 78%
HSV112°, 31%, 93%
CMYK27%, 0%, 31%, 7%
XYZ53.53, 71.37, 45.14
Yxy71.37, 0.3148, 0.4197
CIE-Lab87.66, -33.92, 29.61
Hunter Lab84.48, -30.71, 23.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACECA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACECA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACECA2

.text { color: #ACECA2; }
.background { background-color: #ACECA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACECA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 236, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(112, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACECA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 236, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACECA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 236, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACECA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACECA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACECA2

#91E684#73DF62#58D945#3FCB2A#36AE24#2D901D#226E17#195010#0E2F0A#051103

Tints of #ACECA2

#B3EEAA#BBEFB3#BFF0B7#C6F2C0#CEF4C8#D5F5D0#DDF7D9#E1F8DD#E8FAE6#F0FCEE

Tones of #ACECA2

#AFE7A7#B4E1AD#B7DCB2#BBD7B7#BFD2BC#C3CCC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2A2EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.37:1 Fails
Against black text15.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACECA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACECA2

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 #ACECA2: ·

How #ACECA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C8B4Deuteranopia · #C4BFB8Tritanopia · #AFC2C5

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 #ACECA2 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Ember
#B0ECA2 · #5DD340 · #41B126 · #225C14
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6
Vintage Ruby Canyon
#1F9016 · #212FDE · #DF2836 · #AEE8A8
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A

Similar colors

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

#B0ECA2#AFE7A6#AEE8A8#AEF4A4#ADE3A0#B1EC9A#B1F09B#AAF49C#A3E6A3#B2EEAB#A4EC9A#A3ED9B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACECA1  ·  #ACECA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACECA2?

#ACECA2 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 236, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACECA2?

#ACECA2 is RGB 172, 236, 162 — HSL 112°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #ACECA2?

Its complement is #E2A2EC; analogous partners are #D1ECA2 and #A2ECBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACECA2 for text?

Black text on #ACECA2 has a contrast ratio of 15.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.