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#AEEFB2 — Light Green

#AEEFB2 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 #AEEFB2 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.

#AEEFB2 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 #EFAEEB; it also sits naturally between #CAEFAE and #AEEFD3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEEFB2 · RGB 174, 239, 178

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Color values

HEX#AEEFB2
RGB174, 239, 178
HSL124°, 67%, 81%
HSV124°, 27%, 94%
CMYK27%, 0%, 26%, 6%
XYZ56.36, 73.95, 53.42
Yxy73.95, 0.3067, 0.4025
CIE-Lab88.90, -32.08, 23.11
Hunter Lab85.99, -29.37, 19.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 94% · Blue 70%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEEFB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEEFB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEEFB2

.text { color: #AEEFB2; }
.background { background-color: #AEEFB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEFB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 239, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(124, 67%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEFB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 239, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEFB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 239, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEEFB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEEFB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEEFB2

#8CE892#6EE276#4CDC56#2AD535#24B72E#1D9525#17731D#105114#0A330D#031104

Tints of #AEEFB2

#B7F1BA#BBF2BF#C3F3C7#C8F4CB#D0F6D3#D4F7D7#DDF8DF#E1F9E3#EAFBEB#EEFCEF

Tones of #AEEFB2

#B3EAB7#B7E6BA#BCE1BF#C0DDC2#C5D8C7#CAD3CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFAEEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEEFB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEEFB2

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 #AEEFB2: ·

How #AEEFB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACBC1Deuteranopia · #C6C2C4Tritanopia · #B1CCCF

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEEFB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Palette Ace1af
#ACE1AF · #B0EBB4 · #BFF6C3 · #E0FBE2
Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Burning Ruby Whisper
#A41376 · #EE6CDD · #19D655 · #A8EFB4
Lucky Ruby Harbor
#20C549 · #421DB2 · #DC5528 · #ADE8B2
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:

#B1F1B2#B0EBB4#AEF4B1#A8EFB4#ADE8B2#B2EFAC#ABEFB9#A7EEB6#AFEEBA#B2EEAB#ABE7B2#B1E7B3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEEFB1  ·  #AEEFB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEFB2?

#AEEFB2 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 174, 239, 178). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEFB2?

#AEEFB2 is RGB 174, 239, 178 — HSL 124°, 67%, 81% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 26%, 6%.

What colors go with #AEEFB2?

Its complement is #EFAEEB; analogous partners are #CAEFAE and #AEEFD3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEFB2 for text?

Black text on #AEEFB2 has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.