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#AEFEA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#AEFEA3 is a green color we call Pale Vivid 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 #AEFEA3 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.

#AEFEA3 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 #F4A4FE; it also sits naturally between #DCFEA4 and #A4FEC7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEFEA3 · RGB 174, 254, 163

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Color values

HEX#AEFEA3
RGB174, 254, 163
HSL113°, 98%, 82%
HSV113°, 36%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ59.51, 82.53, 47.44
Yxy82.53, 0.3141, 0.4355
CIE-Lab92.81, -41.25, 35.97
Hunter Lab90.84, -37.79, 28.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEFEA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEFEA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEFEA3

.text { color: #AEFEA3; }
.background { background-color: #AEFEA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEFEA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 254, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(113, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEFEA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 254, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEFEA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 254, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEFEA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEFEA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEFEA3

#8BFE7C#67FD53#48FD30#24FD08#1BD902#16B102#118801#0D6501#083D01#031400

Tints of #AEFEA3

#B3FEA9#BCFEB3#C0FEB8#C9FEC2#CEFEC7#D2FECD#DBFFD7#E0FFDC#E9FFE6#EDFFEB

Tones of #AEFEA3

#B4F8AB#B8F1B1#BDEBB7#C2E4BE#C7DEC4#CCD8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4A4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEFEA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEFEA3

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 #AEFEA3: ·

How #AEFEA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1B9Deuteranopia · #CCC6BETritanopia · #B2CACE

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEFEA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#AEF4A4#B4FE98#AAF49C#A4F6A5#A6FF96#B1F09B#AEF4B1#B2EFAC#B0ECA2#B2EEAB#AFEF97

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEFEA2  ·  #AEFEA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEFEA3?

#AEFEA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 254, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEFEA3?

#AEFEA3 is RGB 174, 254, 163 — HSL 113°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #AEFEA3?

Its complement is #F4A4FE; analogous partners are #DCFEA4 and #A4FEC7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEFEA3 for text?

Black text on #AEFEA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.