Palettes / Colors / #ADE995

#ADE995 — Light Green

#ADE995 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 #ADE995 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.

#ADE995 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 #D195E9; it also sits naturally between #D7E995 and #95E9A7. 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 91% · Blue 58%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 9%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ADE995

.text { color: #ADE995; }
.background { background-color: #ADE995; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADE995; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 233, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 66%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADE995; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 233, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADE995; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 233, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADE995">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADE995">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADE995

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D195E9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ADE995: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADE995

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 #ADE995 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 #ADE995 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 #ADE995?

#ADE995 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 173, 233, 149). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADE995?

#ADE995 is RGB 173, 233, 149 — HSL 103°, 66%, 75% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 9%.

What colors go with #ADE995?

Its complement is #D195E9; analogous partners are #D7E995 and #95E9A7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADE995 for text?

Black text on #ADE995 has a contrast ratio of 14.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.