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#ACEEA1 — Light Green

#ACEEA1 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 #ACEEA1 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.

#ACEEA1 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 #E2A0EE; it also sits naturally between #D3EEA0 and #A0EEBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEEA1 · RGB 172, 238, 161

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Color values

HEX#ACEEA1
RGB172, 238, 161
HSL111°, 69%, 78%
HSV111°, 32%, 93%
CMYK28%, 0%, 32%, 7%
XYZ54.02, 72.49, 44.86
Yxy72.49, 0.3152, 0.4230
CIE-Lab88.21, -34.99, 30.84
Hunter Lab85.14, -31.69, 24.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 63%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 32% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACEEA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACEEA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACEEA1

.text { color: #ACEEA1; }
.background { background-color: #ACEEA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEEA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 238, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(111, 69%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEEA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 238, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEEA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 238, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACEEA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACEEA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACEEA1

#91E882#73E260#59DC41#3FCF26#36B120#2D931B#227015#19520F#0F2F09#051103

Tints of #ACEEA1

#B3EFA9#BBF1B1#BFF2B6#C6F3BE#CEF5C7#D5F6D0#DDF8D8#E1F9DD#E8FAE5#F0FCEE

Tones of #ACEEA1

#B0E8A6#B4E2AB#B8DDB1#BBD8B6#BFD2BC#C3CDC1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2A0EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEEA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEEA1

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 #ACEEA1: ·

How #ACEEA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C9B4Deuteranopia · #C5C0B8Tritanopia · #AFC2C6

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 #ACEEA1 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Ember
#B0ECA2 · #5DD340 · #41B126 · #225C14
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Lucky Breeze
#8A0FAB · #B44DEF · #3FDD14 · #B1F09B
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Burning Ruby Terrace
#6816B3 · #C65FEC · #9DEB57 · #B1EC9A
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6

Similar colors

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

#B0ECA2#AEF4A4#B1F09B#AAF49C#B1EC9A#AFE7A6#AEE8A8#AFEF97#A4EC9A#A3ED9B#ADE3A0#B2EEAB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEEA0  ·  #ACEEA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEEA1?

#ACEEA1 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 238, 161). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEEA1?

#ACEEA1 is RGB 172, 238, 161 — HSL 111°, 69%, 78% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 32%, 7%.

What colors go with #ACEEA1?

Its complement is #E2A0EE; analogous partners are #D3EEA0 and #A0EEBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEEA1 for text?

Black text on #ACEEA1 has a contrast ratio of 15.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.