Palettes / Colors / #AED78E

#AED78E — Light Muted Green

#AED78E is a green color we call Light Muted 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 #AED78E 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.

#AED78E 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 #B78ED7; it also sits naturally between #D2D78E and #8ED793. 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 56%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 34% · Key 16%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AED78E

.text { color: #AED78E; }
.background { background-color: #AED78E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED78E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 215, 142); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 48%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED78E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 215, 142, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED78E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 215, 142, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED78E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED78E">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #B78ED7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AED78E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED78E

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 #AED78E 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 #AED78E 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

← #AED78D  ·  #AED78F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AED78E?

#AED78E is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 174, 215, 142). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED78E?

#AED78E is RGB 174, 215, 142 — HSL 94°, 48%, 70% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 34%, 16%.

What colors go with #AED78E?

Its complement is #B78ED7; analogous partners are #D2D78E and #8ED793. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED78E for text?

Black text on #AED78E has a contrast ratio of 12.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.