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#ACEFA8 — Light Green

#ACEFA8 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 #ACEFA8 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.

#ACEFA8 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 #ECA9EF; it also sits naturally between #D0EFA9 and #A9EFC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEFA8 · RGB 172, 239, 168

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Color values

HEX#ACEFA8
RGB172, 239, 168
HSL117°, 69%, 80%
HSV117°, 30%, 94%
CMYK28%, 0%, 30%, 6%
XYZ54.95, 73.33, 48.30
Yxy73.33, 0.3112, 0.4153
CIE-Lab88.61, -34.36, 27.82
Hunter Lab85.63, -31.24, 22.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 94% · Blue 66%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 30% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACEFA8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACEFA8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACEFA8

.text { color: #ACEFA8; }
.background { background-color: #ACEFA8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEFA8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 239, 168); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(117, 69%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEFA8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 239, 168, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEFA8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 239, 168, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACEFA8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACEFA8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACEFA8

#8BE986#6EE368#4DDD46#30D728#29B521#21931B#1A7415#12520F#0C3409#041103

Tints of #ACEFA8

#B5F1B1#B9F2B6#C1F3BE#C5F4C3#CDF6CB#D6F7D4#DAF8D8#E2F9E1#E6FAE5#EEFCEE

Tones of #ACEFA8

#B1EAAE#B6E5B3#BAE0B8#BEDBBD#C3D6C2#C7D1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECA9EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEFA8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEFA8

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 #ACEFA8: ·

How #ACEFA8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAB9Deuteranopia · #C5C0BDTritanopia · #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 #ACEFA8 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Amber Ruby Solace
#F5D5D5 · #F5F3C9 · #B2EEAB · #B1E9E0
Velvet Ruby Zephyr
#A2581F · #D5C828 · #B3E46F · #B2EFAC
Vintage Ruby Canyon
#1F9016 · #212FDE · #DF2836 · #AEE8A8
Dusty Ruby Ember
#B0ECA2 · #5DD340 · #41B126 · #225C14
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#B2EEAB#B2EFAC#AEE8A8#B0ECA2#AFE7A6#A9E8AE#AEF4B1#A4F6A5#B1F1B2#A1EAA7#ADE8B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEFA7  ·  #ACEFA9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEFA8?

#ACEFA8 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 172, 239, 168). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEFA8?

#ACEFA8 is RGB 172, 239, 168 — HSL 117°, 69%, 80% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 30%, 6%.

What colors go with #ACEFA8?

Its complement is #ECA9EF; analogous partners are #D0EFA9 and #A9EFC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEFA8 for text?

Black text on #ACEFA8 has a contrast ratio of 15.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.