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#AEDCA2 — Light Muted Green

#AEDCA2 is a green color we call Light Muted 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 #AEDCA2 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.

#AEDCA2 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 #D0A3DC; it also sits naturally between #CBDCA3 and #A3DCB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEDCA2 · RGB 174, 220, 162

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Color values

HEX#AEDCA2
RGB174, 220, 162
HSL108°, 45%, 75%
HSV108°, 26%, 86%
CMYK21%, 0%, 26%, 14%
XYZ49.57, 62.79, 43.69
Yxy62.79, 0.3176, 0.4024
CIE-Lab83.33, -25.69, 23.75
Hunter Lab79.24, -23.14, 19.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 86% · Blue 64%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEDCA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEDCA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEDCA2

.text { color: #AEDCA2; }
.background { background-color: #AEDCA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEDCA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 220, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 45%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEDCA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 220, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEDCA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 220, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEDCA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEDCA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEDCA2

#97D289#81C86F#6ABE55#57AE42#4A9438#3C762D#2F5C23#224319#14290F#070F06

Tints of #AEDCA2

#B5DFAA#BBE2B1#C1E4B9#C8E7C0#D2EBCB#D8EED3#DFF1DA#E5F4E1#ECF7E9#F2F9F0

Tones of #AEDCA2

#B0D8A6#B3D4AB#B5D0AF#B8CBB3#BAC8B7#BDC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D0A3DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEDCA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEDCA2

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 #AEDCA2: ·

How #AEDCA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C2C2B0Deuteranopia · #BFBCB3Tritanopia · #B0BBBE

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 #AEDCA2 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6
Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7
Silent Saffron
#7C207B · #BF5FD6 · #4BD14C · #A5E0A3
Palette Ffde95
#FFDE95 · #ADD899 · #BC5A94 · #F075AA
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1

Similar colors

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

#ADE3A0#B3D8A8#B3E2A7#A5E0A3#ADD899#B6E2A1#AAD59A#A5DD9B#AFE7A6#A5D6A7#A5E39C#ACCFA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEDCA1  ·  #AEDCA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEDCA2?

#AEDCA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 174, 220, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEDCA2?

#AEDCA2 is RGB 174, 220, 162 — HSL 108°, 45%, 75% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 26%, 14%.

What colors go with #AEDCA2?

Its complement is #D0A3DC; analogous partners are #CBDCA3 and #A3DCB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEDCA2 for text?

Black text on #AEDCA2 has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.