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#AEF600 — Vivid Green

#AEF600 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Chartreuse (#7FFF00). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: chartreuse (#7FFF00) — not an exact match. CSS chartreuse gives you #7FFF00, a different color; use #AEF600 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.

#AEF600 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4900F5; it also sits naturally between #F5C400 and #31F500. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEF600 · RGB 174, 246, 0

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Color values

HEX#AEF600
RGB174, 246, 0
HSL78°, 100%, 48%
HSV78°, 100%, 96%
CMYK29%, 0%, 100%, 4%
XYZ50.41, 74.91, 11.80
Yxy74.91, 0.3676, 0.5463
CIE-Lab89.35, -49.37, 86.28
Hunter Lab86.55, -43.56, 49.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 96% · Blue 0%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEF600 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEF600 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEF600

.text { color: #AEF600; }
.background { background-color: #AEF600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEF600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 246, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(78, 100%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEF600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 246, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEF600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 246, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEF600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEF600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEF600

#9DE000#8BC700#7DB300#6B9900#5D8500#4F7000#3D5700#2E4200#1D2900#0E1400

Tints of #AEF600

#B7FF0F#BFFF29#C5FF3D#CDFF57#D4FF70#DCFF8A#E3FFA3#EAFFB8#F1FFD1#F9FFEB

Tones of #AEF600

#A5E411#9DD123#96C035#8FAF46#899E57#818C69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4900F5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text15.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEF600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEF600

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 #AEF600: ·

How #AEF600 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CDCE3CDeuteranopia · #C9C44ATritanopia · #B26B75

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:

Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEF600 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Burning Lagoon
#0D0E29 · #B4F615 · #4FFBC1 · #FD3BC0
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713
Amber Ruby Mirage
#270A17 · #B7FF14 · #4C46FA · #33FD9E

Similar colors

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

#B6F500#9BEC00#B4F615#B4E50D#A2F713#B7FF14#BDF614#B2FB19#A4DD00#ABFC1D#92FE0F#CFF800

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEF5FF  ·  #AEF601 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEF600?

#AEF600 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 246, 0). Its closest standard named color is Chartreuse.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEF600?

#AEF600 is RGB 174, 246, 0 — HSL 78°, 100%, 48% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 100%, 4%.

What colors go with #AEF600?

Its complement is #4900F5; analogous partners are #F5C400 and #31F500. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEF600 for text?

Black text on #AEF600 has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.