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#ADEFA4 — Light Green

#ADEFA4 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 #ADEFA4 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.

#ADEFA4 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 #E6A4EF; it also sits naturally between #D2EFA4 and #A4EFC1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADEFA4 · RGB 173, 239, 164

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Color values

HEX#ADEFA4
RGB173, 239, 164
HSL113°, 70%, 79%
HSV113°, 31%, 94%
CMYK28%, 0%, 31%, 6%
XYZ54.80, 73.30, 46.38
Yxy73.30, 0.3141, 0.4201
CIE-Lab88.59, -34.66, 29.84
Hunter Lab85.61, -31.49, 24.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 94% · Blue 64%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ADEFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ADEFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ADEFA4

.text { color: #ADEFA4; }
.background { background-color: #ADEFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADEFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 239, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(113, 70%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADEFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 239, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADEFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 239, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ADEFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ADEFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ADEFA4

#91EA86#72E363#57DE45#3AD425#32B620#28931A#207515#16520F#0E3409#051103

Tints of #ADEFA4

#B5F0AD#B8F1B1#C0F3BA#C8F4C2#D0F6CB#D4F7CF#DCF8D8#E4FAE1#E7FAE5#EFFCEE

Tones of #ADEFA4

#B1EAA9#B5E4AF#B9DFB4#BDDAB9#C1D4BF#C5CFC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6A4EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADEFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADEFA4

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 #ADEFA4: ·

How #ADEFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAB6Deuteranopia · #C6C1BBTritanopia · #B0C4C8

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 #ADEFA4 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Ember
#B0ECA2 · #5DD340 · #41B126 · #225C14
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Vintage Ruby Canyon
#1F9016 · #212FDE · #DF2836 · #AEE8A8
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6
Amber Ruby Solace
#F5D5D5 · #F5F3C9 · #B2EEAB · #B1E9E0
Velvet Ruby Zephyr
#A2581F · #D5C828 · #B3E46F · #B2EFAC

Similar colors

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

#B0ECA2#AEF4A4#AEE8A8#AFE7A6#B2EEAB#B2EFAC#AAF49C#B1F09B#B1EC9A#A4F6A5#ADE3A0#B5E6A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADEFA3  ·  #ADEFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADEFA4?

#ADEFA4 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 173, 239, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADEFA4?

#ADEFA4 is RGB 173, 239, 164 — HSL 113°, 70%, 79% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 31%, 6%.

What colors go with #ADEFA4?

Its complement is #E6A4EF; analogous partners are #D2EFA4 and #A4EFC1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADEFA4 for text?

Black text on #ADEFA4 has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.