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#AFFEAB — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFEAB 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 #AFFEAB 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.

#AFFEAB 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 #FAA9FE; it also sits naturally between #D8FEA9 and #A9FECF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFEAB · RGB 175, 254, 171

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Color values

HEX#AFFEAB
RGB175, 254, 171
HSL117°, 98%, 83%
HSV117°, 33%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 33%, 0%
XYZ60.47, 82.94, 51.35
Yxy82.94, 0.3105, 0.4258
CIE-Lab92.99, -39.73, 32.23
Hunter Lab91.07, -36.55, 26.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 100% · Blue 67%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFFEAB

.text { color: #AFFEAB; }
.background { background-color: #AFFEAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFEAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 254, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(117, 98%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFEAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 254, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFEAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 254, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFFEAB

#87FE81#61FD58#3AFD30#14FD08#0DDE02#0BB602#088D01#066501#043D01#011400

Tints of #AFFEAB

#B2FEAE#BCFEB8#C1FEBD#C5FEC2#CFFECD#D4FFD2#D9FFD7#DDFFDC#E7FFE6#ECFFEB

Tones of #AFFEAB

#B3F8AF#B8F2B5#BEECBB#C3E6C1#C9E0C8#CEDACE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FAA9FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFEAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFEAB

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 #AFFEAB: ·

How #AFFEAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D2BFDeuteranopia · #CDC7C4Tritanopia · #B3CFD2

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 #AFFEAB rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
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#B6FFA1#A4F6A5#B1F1B2#B2EFAC#B2EEAB#AAF49C#A8EFB4#B4FE98#B0ECA2#ABEFB9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFEAA  ·  #AFFEAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFEAB?

#AFFEAB is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 175, 254, 171). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFEAB?

#AFFEAB is RGB 175, 254, 171 — HSL 117°, 98%, 83% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFEAB?

Its complement is #FAA9FE; analogous partners are #D8FEA9 and #A9FECF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFEAB for text?

Black text on #AFFEAB has a contrast ratio of 17.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.