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#AEEFAE Color

#AEEFAE is rgb(174, 239, 174) in RGB, hsl(120, 67%, 81%) in HSL, and about cmyk(27%, 0%, 27%, 6%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Granny Smith Apple (#A8E4A0), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.37. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AEEFAE
HEX#AEEFAE
RGBrgb(174, 239, 174)
HSLhsl(120, 67%, 81%)
HSVhsv(120, 27%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 27%, 6%)
OKLCHoklch(89.2% 0.11 144.6)
LABlab(88.86% -30.50 24.74)
LCHlch(88.86% 39.27 140.95)

What #AEEFAE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AEEFAE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#AEEFAE Channel Values

How #AEEFAE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 174 · G 239 · B 1748-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 120° · S 67% · L 81%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 120° · S 27% · V 94%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 27% · M 0% · Y 27% · K 6%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.33:1 vs white · 15.76:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AEEFAE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.33:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.76:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AEEFAE in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AEEFAE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AEEFAE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AEEFAE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AEEFAE.

How #AEEFAE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AEEFAE
Protanopia#E6E6AE
Protanomaly#D2E9AE
Deuteranopia#DCDCB0
Deuteranomaly#CBE4AF
Tritanopia#B8E8E8
Tritanomaly#B4EBD3
Achromatopsia#DFDFDF

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AEEFAE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aeefae: #AEEFAE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AEEFAE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aeefae': '#AEEFAE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.937, blue: 0.682)
Android XML<color name="color_aeefae">#AEEFAE</color>
SVG fillfill="#AEEFAE"

More Green Colors

#AEEFAE sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AEEFAE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AEEFAE?

#AEEFAE is a lightest green — rgb(174, 239, 174) in RGB and hsl(120, 67%, 81%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Granny Smith Apple (#A8E4A0), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.37.

What is the RGB value of #AEEFAE?

#AEEFAE is rgb(174, 239, 174) — red 174, green 239, and blue 174 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AEEFAE?

#AEEFAE converts to approximately cmyk(27%, 0%, 27%, 6%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AEEFAE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AEEFAE scores 1.33:1 against white and 15.76:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AEEFAE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AEEFAE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is lightgreen (#90EE90) at a CIE76 distance of 17.25, which is visibly different.

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