Palettes / Colors / #AFE489

#AFE489 — Light Green

#AFE489 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color LightGreen (#90EE90). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightgreen (#90EE90) — not an exact match. CSS lightgreen gives you #90EE90, a different color; use #AFE489 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.

#AFE489 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 #BF8BE5; it also sits naturally between #DDE58B and #8BE592. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 89% · Blue 54%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 40% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AFE489

.text { color: #AFE489; }
.background { background-color: #AFE489; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFE489; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 228, 137); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(95, 63%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFE489; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 228, 137, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFE489; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 228, 137, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFE489">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFE489">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BF8BE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AFE489: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFE489

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:

How #AFE489 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFE489 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFE488  ·  #AFE48A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFE489?

#AFE489 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 175, 228, 137). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFE489?

#AFE489 is RGB 175, 228, 137 — HSL 95°, 63%, 72% — CMYK 23%, 0%, 40%, 11%.

What colors go with #AFE489?

Its complement is #BF8BE5; analogous partners are #DDE58B and #8BE592. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFE489 for text?

Black text on #AFE489 has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.