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#AFFFAF — Pale Vivid Green

#AFFFAF 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 #AFFFAF 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.

#AFFFAF 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 #FFADFF; it also sits naturally between #D6FFAD and #ADFFD6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFFAF · RGB 175, 255, 175

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Color values

HEX#AFFFAF
RGB175, 255, 175
HSL120°, 100%, 84%
HSV120°, 31%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 31%, 0%
XYZ61.18, 83.73, 53.49
Yxy83.73, 0.3084, 0.4220
CIE-Lab93.33, -39.56, 30.69
Hunter Lab91.50, -36.47, 25.35

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

CSS code for #AFFFAF

.text { color: #AFFFAF; }
.background { background-color: #AFFFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 255, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 255, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 255, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFFFAF

#85FF85#5CFF5C#33FF33#0AFF0A#00E000#00B800#008F00#006600#003D00#001400

Tints of #AFFFAF

#B3FFB3#B8FFB8#C2FFC2#C7FFC7#CCFFCC#D1FFD1#D6FFD6#E0FFE0#E5FFE5#EBFFEB

Tones of #AFFFAF

#B3F9B3#B9F3B9#BFEDBF#C5E8C5#CAE2CA#D0DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFADFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFFAF

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 #AFFFAF: ·

How #AFFFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2C2Deuteranopia · #CDC7C7Tritanopia · #B3D2D5

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 #AFFFAF rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Cascade
#AEF4B1 · #46E24D · #1EAE24 · #157F19
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
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#B1F1B2#AEF4A4#B6FFA1#B2EFAC#A4F6A5#B2EEAB#A8EFB4#ABEFB9#A7EEB6#AFEEBA#B0EBB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFFAE  ·  #AFFFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFFAF?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFFAF?

#AFFFAF is RGB 175, 255, 175 — HSL 120°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFFAF?

Its complement is #FFADFF; analogous partners are #D6FFAD and #ADFFD6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFFAF for text?

Black text on #AFFFAF has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.