Palettes / Colors / #ADE07A

#ADE07A — Light Green

#ADE07A is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color LightGreen (#90EE90). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightgreen (#90EE90) — not an exact match. CSS lightgreen gives you #90EE90, a different color; use #ADE07A 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.

#ADE07A is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AD7BE0; it also sits naturally between #E0E07B and #7BE07B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 88% · Blue 48%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 46% · Key 12%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ADE07A

.text { color: #ADE07A; }
.background { background-color: #ADE07A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADE07A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 224, 122); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 62%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADE07A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 224, 122, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADE07A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 224, 122, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADE07A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADE07A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADE07A

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AD7BE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ADE07A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADE07A

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:

How #ADE07A looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ADE07A rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADE079  ·  #ADE07B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADE07A?

#ADE07A is Light Green, a green color (RGB 173, 224, 122). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADE07A?

#ADE07A is RGB 173, 224, 122 — HSL 90°, 62%, 68% — CMYK 23%, 0%, 46%, 12%.

What colors go with #ADE07A?

Its complement is #AD7BE0; analogous partners are #E0E07B and #7BE07B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADE07A for text?

Black text on #ADE07A has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.