Palettes / Colors / #ADE372

#ADE372 — Light Green

#ADE372 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 #ADE372 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.

#ADE372 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 #A972E3; it also sits naturally between #E3E172 and #74E372. 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 89% · Blue 45%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 50% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ADE372

.text { color: #ADE372; }
.background { background-color: #ADE372; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADE372; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 227, 114); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(89, 67%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADE372; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 227, 114, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADE372; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 227, 114, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADE372">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADE372">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A972E3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ADE372: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADE372

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 #ADE372 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 #ADE372 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADE372?

#ADE372 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 173, 227, 114). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADE372?

#ADE372 is RGB 173, 227, 114 — HSL 89°, 67%, 67% — CMYK 24%, 0%, 50%, 11%.

What colors go with #ADE372?

Its complement is #A972E3; analogous partners are #E3E172 and #74E372. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADE372 for text?

Black text on #ADE372 has a contrast ratio of 14.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.