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#AFFFA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFFA3 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 #AFFFA3 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.

#AFFFA3 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 #F3A3FF; it also sits naturally between #DDFFA3 and #A3FFC5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFFA3 · RGB 175, 255, 163

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Color values

HEX#AFFFA3
RGB175, 255, 163
HSL112°, 100%, 82%
HSV112°, 36%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ60.05, 83.28, 47.56
Yxy83.28, 0.3146, 0.4363
CIE-Lab93.14, -41.38, 36.42
Hunter Lab91.26, -37.96, 29.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AFFFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AFFFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AFFFA3

.text { color: #AFFFA3; }
.background { background-color: #AFFFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 255, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(112, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 255, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 255, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFFFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFFFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFFFA3

#8CFF7A#69FF52#4AFF2E#26FF05#1DDB00#18B300#128A00#0E6600#083D00#031400

Tints of #AFFFA3

#B4FFA8#BDFFB3#C1FFB8#CAFFC2#CEFFC7#D3FFCC#DCFFD6#E0FFDB#E9FFE5#EDFFEB

Tones of #AFFFA3

#B4F9AA#B9F2B1#BEEBB7#C3E5BD#C7DEC4#CCD8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFFA3

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 #AFFFA3: ·

How #AFFFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2B9Deuteranopia · #CDC7BFTritanopia · #B3CBCF

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFFFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#AEF4A4#B4FE98#AAF49C#A4F6A5#A6FF96#B1F09B#AEF4B1#B2EFAC#B2EEAB#B0ECA2#AFEF97

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFFA2  ·  #AFFFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFFA3?

#AFFFA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 175, 255, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFFA3?

#AFFFA3 is RGB 175, 255, 163 — HSL 112°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFFA3?

Its complement is #F3A3FF; analogous partners are #DDFFA3 and #A3FFC5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFFA3 for text?

Black text on #AFFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.