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#AEFEA6 — Pale Vivid Green

#AEFEA6 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 #AEFEA6 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.

#AEFEA6 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 #F7A4FE; it also sits naturally between #D9FEA4 and #A4FECA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEFEA6 · RGB 174, 254, 166

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Color values

HEX#AEFEA6
RGB174, 254, 166
HSL115°, 98%, 82%
HSV115°, 35%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 35%, 0%
XYZ59.78, 82.64, 48.88
Yxy82.64, 0.3125, 0.4320
CIE-Lab92.85, -40.81, 34.55
Hunter Lab90.90, -37.43, 27.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 100% · Blue 65%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEFEA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEFEA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEFEA6

.text { color: #AEFEA6; }
.background { background-color: #AEFEA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEFEA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 254, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(115, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEFEA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 254, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEFEA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 254, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEFEA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEFEA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEFEA6

#87FE7C#61FD53#41FD30#1CFD08#14D902#10B102#0D8801#096501#063D01#021400

Tints of #AEFEA6

#B0FEA9#BAFEB3#BEFEB8#C7FEC2#CCFEC7#D1FECD#DAFFD7#DFFFDC#E8FFE6#ECFFEB

Tones of #AEFEA6

#B1F8AB#B6F1B1#BCEBB7#C1E4BE#C6DEC4#CCD8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F7A4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEFEA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEFEA6

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 #AEFEA6: ·

How #AEFEA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1BBDeuteranopia · #CCC6C0Tritanopia · #B2CCD0

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 #AEFEA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#AEF4A4#A4F6A5#AAF49C#AEF4B1#B4FE98#B2EFAC#B2EEAB#A6FF96#B1F1B2#B1F09B#B0ECA2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEFEA5  ·  #AEFEA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEFEA6?

#AEFEA6 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 254, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEFEA6?

#AEFEA6 is RGB 174, 254, 166 — HSL 115°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 35%, 0%.

What colors go with #AEFEA6?

Its complement is #F7A4FE; analogous partners are #D9FEA4 and #A4FECA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEFEA6 for text?

Black text on #AEFEA6 has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.