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#AEFEAD — Pale Vivid Green

#AEFEAD 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 #AEFEAD 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.

#AEFEAD 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 #FDAEFE; it also sits naturally between #D8FEAE and #AEFED5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEFEAD · RGB 174, 254, 173

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Color values

HEX#AEFEAD
RGB174, 254, 173
HSL119°, 98%, 84%
HSV119°, 32%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 32%, 0%
XYZ60.44, 82.90, 52.35
Yxy82.90, 0.3089, 0.4236
CIE-Lab92.97, -39.74, 31.20
Hunter Lab91.05, -36.55, 25.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 100% · Blue 68%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 32% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEFEAD

.text { color: #AEFEAD; }
.background { background-color: #AEFEAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEFEAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 254, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(119, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEFEAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 254, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEFEAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 254, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEFEAD

#88FE86#60FD5D#38FD35#11FD0D#06DE02#05B602#048D01#036501#023D01#011400

Tints of #AEFEAD

#B5FEB3#B9FEB8#C3FEC2#C8FEC7#CDFECD#D2FFD2#D7FFD7#E1FFE1#E6FFE6#EBFFEB

Tones of #AEFEAD

#B5F8B4#BBF3BA#C0EDBF#C6E7C5#CBE2CB#D1DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDAEFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEFEAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEFEAD

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 #AEFEAD: ·

How #AEFEAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1C1Deuteranopia · #CCC6C5Tritanopia · #B2D0D3

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 #AEFEAD rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
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:

#AEF4B1#AEF4A4#B1F1B2#B6FFA1#A4F6A5#B2EFAC#B2EEAB#A8EFB4#ABEFB9#A7EEB6#AAF49C#B0EBB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEFEAC  ·  #AEFEAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEFEAD?

#AEFEAD is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 254, 173). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEFEAD?

#AEFEAD is RGB 174, 254, 173 — HSL 119°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 32%, 0%.

What colors go with #AEFEAD?

Its complement is #FDAEFE; analogous partners are #D8FEAE and #AEFED5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEFEAD for text?

Black text on #AEFEAD has a contrast ratio of 17.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.