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#AFFEAC — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFEAC 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 #AFFEAC 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.

#AFFEAC 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 #FCAEFE; it also sits naturally between #D9FEAE and #AEFED4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFEAC · RGB 175, 254, 172

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Color values

HEX#AFFEAC
RGB175, 254, 172
HSL118°, 98%, 84%
HSV118°, 32%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 32%, 0%
XYZ60.57, 82.98, 51.85
Yxy82.98, 0.3100, 0.4247
CIE-Lab93.00, -39.58, 31.75
Hunter Lab91.09, -36.43, 26.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 100% · Blue 67%

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

CSS code for #AFFEAC

.text { color: #AFFEAC; }
.background { background-color: #AFFEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 254, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(118, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 254, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 254, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFFEAC

#8AFE86#63FD5D#3CFD35#15FD0D#0ADE02#08B602#068D01#046501#033D01#011400

Tints of #AFFEAC

#B6FEB3#BBFEB8#C4FEC2#C9FEC7#CEFECD#D3FFD2#D8FFD7#E2FFE1#E7FFE6#EBFFEB

Tones of #AFFEAC

#B6F8B4#BCF3BA#C1EDBF#C6E7C5#CCE2CB#D1DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCAEFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFEAC

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 #AFFEAC: ·

How #AFFEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D2C0Deuteranopia · #CDC7C5Tritanopia · #B3D0D3

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 #AFFEAC rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Velvet Ruby Zephyr
#A2581F · #D5C828 · #B3E46F · #B2EFAC
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5

Similar colors

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

#AEF4B1#AEF4A4#B6FFA1#B1F1B2#B2EFAC#A4F6A5#B2EEAB#A8EFB4#AAF49C#ABEFB9#A7EEB6#B0ECA2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFEAB  ·  #AFFEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFEAC?

#AFFEAC is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 175, 254, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFEAC?

#AFFEAC is RGB 175, 254, 172 — HSL 118°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 32%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFEAC?

Its complement is #FCAEFE; analogous partners are #D9FEAE and #AEFED4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFEAC for text?

Black text on #AFFEAC has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.