Palettes / Colors / #AED5BC

#AED5BC — Light Muted Green

#AED5BC is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AED5BC 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.

#AED5BC 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 #D5AEC7; it also sits naturally between #B3D5AE and #AED5D0. 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 84% · Blue 74%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 16%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AED5BC

.text { color: #AED5BC; }
.background { background-color: #AED5BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED5BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 213, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(142, 32%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED5BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 213, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED5BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 213, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED5BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED5BC">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D5AEC7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AED5BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED5BC

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 #AED5BC 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 #AED5BC 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 #AED5BC?

#AED5BC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 174, 213, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED5BC?

#AED5BC is RGB 174, 213, 188 — HSL 142°, 32%, 76% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 12%, 16%.

What colors go with #AED5BC?

Its complement is #D5AEC7; analogous partners are #B3D5AE and #AED5D0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED5BC for text?

Black text on #AED5BC has a contrast ratio of 13.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.