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#ACEEA9 — Light Green

#ACEEA9 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 #ACEEA9 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.

#ACEEA9 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 #EBAAEE; it also sits naturally between #CFEEAA and #AAEEC9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEEA9 · RGB 172, 238, 169

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Color values

HEX#ACEEA9
RGB172, 238, 169
HSL117°, 67%, 80%
HSV117°, 29%, 93%
CMYK28%, 0%, 29%, 7%
XYZ54.75, 72.78, 48.70
Yxy72.78, 0.3107, 0.4130
CIE-Lab88.34, -33.74, 26.95
Hunter Lab85.31, -30.67, 22.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 66%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 29% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACEEA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACEEA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACEEA9

.text { color: #ACEEA9; }
.background { background-color: #ACEEA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEEA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 238, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(117, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEEA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 238, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEEA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 238, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACEEA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACEEA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACEEA9

#8DE788#70E26A#4FDB48#33D52A#2BB323#22911D#1B7317#135110#0C330A#041103

Tints of #ACEEA9

#B5F0B2#BAF1B7#C2F2BF#C6F3C3#CEF5CC#D6F7D4#DAF7D9#E2F9E1#E6FAE5#EFFCEE

Tones of #ACEEA9

#B2E9AF#B6E4B4#BBDFB9#BFDBBD#C3D6C2#C7D1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBAAEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEEA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEEA9

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 #ACEEA9: ·

How #ACEEA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C9BADeuteranopia · #C5C0BETritanopia · #AFC7CA

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACEEA9 rather than the exact color:

Amber Ruby Solace
#F5D5D5 · #F5F3C9 · #B2EEAB · #B1E9E0
Vintage Ruby Canyon
#1F9016 · #212FDE · #DF2836 · #AEE8A8
Velvet Ruby Zephyr
#A2581F · #D5C828 · #B3E46F · #B2EFAC
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6
Dusty Ruby Ember
#B0ECA2 · #5DD340 · #41B126 · #225C14

Similar colors

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

#B2EEAB#AEE8A8#B2EFAC#AEF4A4#AFE7A6#B0ECA2#A9E8AE#AEF4B1#B1F1B2#ADE8B2#ABE7B2#A8EFB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEEA8  ·  #ACEEAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEEA9?

#ACEEA9 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 238, 169). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEEA9?

#ACEEA9 is RGB 172, 238, 169 — HSL 117°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 29%, 7%.

What colors go with #ACEEA9?

Its complement is #EBAAEE; analogous partners are #CFEEAA and #AAEEC9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEEA9 for text?

Black text on #ACEEA9 has a contrast ratio of 15.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.