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#ADDEA1 — Light Muted Green

#ADDEA1 is a green color we call Light Muted 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 #ADDEA1 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.

#ADDEA1 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D2A1DE; it also sits naturally between #CBDEA1 and #A1DEB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADDEA1 · RGB 173, 222, 161

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Color values

HEX#ADDEA1
RGB173, 222, 161
HSL108°, 48%, 75%
HSV108°, 27%, 87%
CMYK22%, 0%, 27%, 13%
XYZ49.79, 63.70, 43.39
Yxy63.70, 0.3174, 0.4060
CIE-Lab83.81, -27.16, 24.91
Hunter Lab79.81, -24.44, 20.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 87% · Blue 63%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ADDEA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ADDEA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ADDEA1

.text { color: #ADDEA1; }
.background { background-color: #ADDEA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADDEA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 222, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 48%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADDEA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 222, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADDEA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 222, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADDEA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADDEA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADDEA1

#96D586#7FCB6C#68C251#55B13E#499735#3A792A#2D5E21#214418#142A0F#070F05

Tints of #ADDEA1

#B3E1A8#BAE3B0#C1E6B7#C7E8BF#D1ECCA#D8EFD2#DEF2D9#E5F4E1#EBF7E8#F2FAF0

Tones of #ADDEA1

#B0D9A5#B2D5AA#B5D0AE#B7CDB2#BAC8B6#BDC4BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D2A1DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADDEA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADDEA1

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 #ADDEA1: ·

How #ADDEA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C2C3B0Deuteranopia · #BFBCB3Tritanopia · #AFBBBE

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 #ADDEA1 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Silent Saffron
#7C207B · #BF5FD6 · #4BD14C · #A5E0A3
Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette Ffde95
#FFDE95 · #ADD899 · #BC5A94 · #F075AA
Palette A5dd9b
#A5DD9B · #C5EBAA · #F6F193 · #F2C18D

Similar colors

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

#ADE3A0#A5E0A3#B3E2A7#B6E2A1#ADD899#A5DD9B#AFE7A6#A5E39C#B3D8A8#A7E399#AAD59A#AEE8A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADDEA0  ·  #ADDEA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADDEA1?

#ADDEA1 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 173, 222, 161). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADDEA1?

#ADDEA1 is RGB 173, 222, 161 — HSL 108°, 48%, 75% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 27%, 13%.

What colors go with #ADDEA1?

Its complement is #D2A1DE; analogous partners are #CBDEA1 and #A1DEB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADDEA1 for text?

Black text on #ADDEA1 has a contrast ratio of 13.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.