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#AFFEAF — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFEAF 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 #AFFEAF 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.

#AFFEAF 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 #FEAEFE; it also sits naturally between #D6FEAE and #AEFED6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFEAF · RGB 175, 254, 175

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Color values

HEX#AFFEAF
RGB175, 254, 175
HSL120°, 98%, 84%
HSV120°, 31%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 31%, 0%
XYZ60.86, 83.09, 53.39
Yxy83.09, 0.3084, 0.4211
CIE-Lab93.06, -39.11, 30.32
Hunter Lab91.16, -36.04, 25.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 100% · Blue 69%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFFEAF

.text { color: #AFFEAF; }
.background { background-color: #AFFEAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFEAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 254, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFEAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 254, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFEAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 254, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFFEAF

#86FE86#5DFD5D#35FD35#0DFD0D#02DE02#02B602#018D01#016501#013D01#001400

Tints of #AFFEAF

#B3FEB3#B8FEB8#C2FEC2#C7FEC7#CDFECD#D2FFD2#D7FFD7#E1FFE1#E6FFE6#EBFFEB

Tones of #AFFEAF

#B4F8B4#BAF3BA#BFEDBF#C5E7C5#CBE2CB#D0DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEAEFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFEAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFEAF

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 #AFFEAF: ·

How #AFFEAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D2C2Deuteranopia · #CDC7C7Tritanopia · #B3D1D5

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 #AFFEAF rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Velvet Ruby Zephyr
#A2581F · #D5C828 · #B3E46F · #B2EFAC
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Amber Ruby Solace
#F5D5D5 · #F5F3C9 · #B2EEAB · #B1E9E0

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFEAE  ·  #AFFEB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFEAF?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFEAF?

#AFFEAF is RGB 175, 254, 175 — HSL 120°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFEAF?

Its complement is #FEAEFE; analogous partners are #D6FEAE and #AEFED6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFEAF for text?

Black text on #AFFEAF has a contrast ratio of 17.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.