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#AFFFA4 — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFFA4 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 #AFFFA4 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.

#AFFFA4 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 #F4A3FF; it also sits naturally between #DCFFA3 and #A3FFC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFFA4 · RGB 175, 255, 164

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Color values

HEX#AFFFA4
RGB175, 255, 164
HSL113°, 100%, 82%
HSV113°, 36%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ60.14, 83.31, 48.03
Yxy83.31, 0.3141, 0.4351
CIE-Lab93.15, -41.23, 35.94
Hunter Lab91.28, -37.84, 28.79

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 #AFFFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AFFFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AFFFA4

.text { color: #AFFFA4; }
.background { background-color: #AFFFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 255, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(113, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 255, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 255, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AFFFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AFFFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AFFFA4

#8AFF7A#66FF52#46FF2E#22FF05#1ADB00#15B300#108A00#0C6600#073D00#021400

Tints of #AFFFA4

#B2FFA8#BBFFB3#C0FFB8#C9FFC2#CDFFC7#D2FFCC#DBFFD6#DFFFDB#E8FFE5#EDFFEB

Tones of #AFFFA4

#B3F9AA#B8F2B1#BDEBB7#C2E5BD#C7DEC4#CCD8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #AFFFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFFA4

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 #AFFFA4: ·

How #AFFFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2BADeuteranopia · #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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AFFFA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Palette F68787
#F68787 · #F8A978 · #F1EB9A · #A4F6A5
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
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#A4F6A5#AAF49C#A6FF96#AEF4B1#B1F09B#B2EFAC#B2EEAB#B0ECA2#B1F1B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFFA3  ·  #AFFFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFFA4?

#AFFFA4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 175, 255, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFFA4?

#AFFFA4 is RGB 175, 255, 164 — HSL 113°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFFA4?

Its complement is #F4A3FF; analogous partners are #DCFFA3 and #A3FFC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFFA4 for text?

Black text on #AFFFA4 has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.