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#ACEFA6 — Light Green

#ACEFA6 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 #ACEFA6 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.

#ACEFA6 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 #E9A4EF; it also sits naturally between #D0EFA4 and #A4EFC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEFA6 · RGB 172, 239, 166

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Color values

HEX#ACEFA6
RGB172, 239, 166
HSL115°, 70%, 79%
HSV115°, 31%, 94%
CMYK28%, 0%, 31%, 6%
XYZ54.76, 73.26, 47.33
Yxy73.26, 0.3123, 0.4178
CIE-Lab88.57, -34.68, 28.79
Hunter Lab85.59, -31.50, 23.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 94% · Blue 65%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACEFA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACEFA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACEFA6

.text { color: #ACEFA6; }
.background { background-color: #ACEFA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEFA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 239, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(115, 70%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEFA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 239, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEFA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 239, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACEFA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACEFA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACEFA6

#8EEA86#6EE363#51DE45#34D425#2DB620#24931A#1D7515#14520F#0D3409#041103

Tints of #ACEFA6

#B2F0AD#B6F1B1#BEF3BA#C6F4C2#CFF6CB#D3F7CF#DBF8D8#E3FAE1#E7FAE5#EFFCEE

Tones of #ACEFA6

#AFEAA9#B3E4AF#B8DFB4#BCDAB9#C1D4BF#C5CFC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E9A4EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEFA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEFA6

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 #ACEFA6: ·

How #ACEFA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAB8Deuteranopia · #C5C0BCTritanopia · #AFC6C9

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 #ACEFA6 rather than the exact color:

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

#AEF4A4#B0ECA2#AEE8A8#B2EEAB#B2EFAC#AFE7A6#A4F6A5#A9E8AE#AAF49C#A1EAA7#B1F09B#AEF4B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEFA5  ·  #ACEFA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEFA6?

#ACEFA6 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 239, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEFA6?

#ACEFA6 is RGB 172, 239, 166 — HSL 115°, 70%, 79% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 31%, 6%.

What colors go with #ACEFA6?

Its complement is #E9A4EF; analogous partners are #D0EFA4 and #A4EFC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEFA6 for text?

Black text on #ACEFA6 has a contrast ratio of 15.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.