Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #AEDEA5

#AEDEA5 — Light Muted Green

#AEDEA5 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 #AEDEA5 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.

#AEDEA5 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 #D6A6DE; it also sits naturally between #CADEA6 and #A6DEB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEDEA5 · RGB 174, 222, 165

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#AEDEA5
RGB174, 222, 165
HSL111°, 46%, 76%
HSV111°, 26%, 87%
CMYK22%, 0%, 26%, 13%
XYZ50.37, 63.96, 45.29
Yxy63.96, 0.3156, 0.4007
CIE-Lab83.94, -26.18, 23.02
Hunter Lab79.97, -23.63, 18.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 87% · Blue 65%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEDEA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEDEA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEDEA5

.text { color: #AEDEA5; }
.background { background-color: #AEDEA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEDEA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 222, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(111, 46%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEDEA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 222, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEDEA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 222, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEDEA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEDEA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEDEA5

#96D48C#7FCB72#64C054#51AF41#459537#397B2D#2D6124#1F4319#13290F#070F06

Tints of #AEDEA5

#B5E1AD#BCE3B5#C2E6BC#C9E9C3#D0ECCB#D7EED2#DDF1DA#E4F4E1#EBF7E9#F2F9F0

Tones of #AEDEA5

#B1DAAA#B4D6AE#B7D2B2#B9CEB6#BCCABA#BFC6BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D6A6DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEDEA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEDEA5

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 #AEDEA5: ·

How #AEDEA5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3B3Deuteranopia · #C0BCB6Tritanopia · #B0BEC0

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 #AEDEA5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7
Dusty Twilight
#A229BD · #C480E4 · #51D334 · #ADE3A0
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6
Silent Saffron
#7C207B · #BF5FD6 · #4BD14C · #A5E0A3
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1

Similar colors

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

#B3E2A7#ADE3A0#B3D8A8#AFE7A6#A5E0A3#B6E2A1#AEE8A8#ACE1AF#B5E6A8#A5D6A7#B0D9B1#ADD899

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEDEA4  ·  #AEDEA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEDEA5?

#AEDEA5 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 174, 222, 165). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEDEA5?

#AEDEA5 is RGB 174, 222, 165 — HSL 111°, 46%, 76% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 26%, 13%.

What colors go with #AEDEA5?

Its complement is #D6A6DE; analogous partners are #CADEA6 and #A6DEB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEDEA5 for text?

Black text on #AEDEA5 has a contrast ratio of 13.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.