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#ace7be

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Drift Basil

RGB
172, 231, 190
HSL
138°, 55%, 79%
CMYK
26, 0, 18, 9
Luminance
0.6964

#ace7be is a light vivid green, 138° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.93:1). As text it scores 1.41:1 on white — use #278644 instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(138 55% 79%)rgb(172 231 190)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ace7be is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ace7be
Hue
138°
green
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
91%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6964
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.93:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
30.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.877
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 17
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue138° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ace7be.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool70% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red13%
Green82%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ace7be
HEX (8-digit)#ace7beff
RGBrgb(172, 231, 190)
RGBArgba(172, 231, 190, 1)
HSLhsl(138, 55%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138, 26%, 91%)
HWBhwb(138 67% 9%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 0%, 18%, 9%)
LABlab(86.8 -26.8 14.0)
LCHlch(86.8 30.3 152.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.877 0.083 154.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.88, 69.64, 59.26)
Decimal11331518
Display P3color(display-p3 0.675 0.906 0.745)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ace7be;
background-color: #ace7be;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ace7be;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ace7be] bg-[#ace7be]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ace7be;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.906, blue: 0.745)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.906, blue: 0.745, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ACE7BE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFACE7BE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFACE7BE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(190, 231, 172)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(172, 231, 190)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(172, 231, 190)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 172, 231, 190)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6745f, 0.9059f, 0.7451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{172,231,190}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ace7be 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ace7be 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D6332, #D3EEDB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ace7be h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FBF6;
  --brand-100: #E9F6ED;
  --brand-200: #CEEED8;
  --brand-300: #ace7be;
  --brand-400: #7CD999;
  --brand-500: #51CD77;
  --brand-600: #37BE60;
  --brand-700: #2E9E50;
  --brand-800: #257F40;
  --brand-900: #1E5C31;
  --brand-950: #133A1F;
  --brand: #ace7be;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCD;
  --brand-hover: #90DFA8;
  --brand-pressed: #75D793;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142419;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF6',
        100: '#E9F6ED',
        200: '#CEEED8',
        300: '#ace7be',
        400: '#7CD999',
        500: '#51CD77',
        600: '#37BE60',
        700: '#2E9E50',
        800: '#257F40',
        900: '#1E5C31',
        950: '#133A1F',
        DEFAULT: '#ace7be',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF6,
  '100': #E9F6ED,
  '200': #CEEED8,
  '300': #ace7be,
  '400': #7CD999,
  '500': #51CD77,
  '600': #37BE60,
  '700': #2E9E50,
  '800': #257F40,
  '900': #1E5C31,
  '950': #133A1F,
);
$brand-base: #ace7be;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CEEED8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ace7be", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7CD999", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#51CD77", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#37BE60", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E9E50", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#257F40", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E5C31", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#133A1F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ace7be · 14.93:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.41:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ace7be as text scores 1.41:1 on white and 14.93:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1D6332 at 5.18:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#278644 · 4.59:1
AA on white−45% L
#278644
The quick fox
#1D6332 · 7.28:1
AAA on white−54% L
#1D6332
The quick fox
#ace7be · 14.93:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ace7be
The quick fox
#ace7be · 14.93:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ace7be

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #30A654 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ace7be on white: 1.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ace7be on black: 14.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ace7be as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ace7be.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.41:1AaAa
Slate 501.34:1AaAa
Slate 1001.28:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.82:1AaAa
Slate 5003.38:1AaAa
Slate 6005.39:1AaAa
Slate 7007.36:1AaAa
Slate 80010.40:1AaAa
Slate 90012.69:1AaAa
Black14.93:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7DDBC
deuteranopia · #DDD7C0
tritanopia · #A3E6DB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ace7be is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF6
#E9F6ED
#CEEED8
#ace7be
#7CD999
#51CD77
#37BE60
#2E9E50
#257F40
#1E5C31
#133A1F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF6Darkest = 950 · #133A1FText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.021 154.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 154.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 154.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 154.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.076 154.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.083 154.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.083 154.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.078 154.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 154.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 154.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 154.1);
}

Colors that work with #ace7be

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDCD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B63
Captions on the surface
Accent#A22A9C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D6332
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF9F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142419
Dark-mode background
Hover#90DFA8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#75D793
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B7F0C9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ace7be

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1D6332
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #30A654

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight21/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E7ACD5
Analogous left#B7E7AC
Analogous right#ACE7DB
Split-complement 1#DBACE7
Split-complement 2#E7ACB7
Triadic 1#BEACE7
Triadic 2#E7BEAC
Tetradic#ACB7E7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°138°

#ace7be sits at 138°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green90.6%
Blue74.5%
R · 0–255
172
0xac
G · 0–255
231
0xe7
B · 0–255
190
0xbe

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.7%
Key (black)9.4%

Total ink coverage is 53%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ace7be text on a black background

contrast 14.93:1

Card sample

#ace7be text on a white background

contrast 1.41:1

Card sample

#ace7be on grey

1.28:1

#ace7be on its own surface

1.33:1

#ace7be on its dark surface

11.52:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ace7be;
Background color
Panel with #ace7be background
background-color: #ace7be;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ace7be;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 231, 190, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 231, 190, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ace7be;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ace7be, #ACE7E5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ace7be, #ACDAE7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ace7be;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ace7be;
caret-color: #ace7be;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ace7be;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF9F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ace7be;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ace7be 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ace7be over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(172, 231, 190, 0.5)
rgb(172 231 190 / 50%)
#ace7be80
hsl(138 55% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ace7be 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ace7be1a#F7FDF9
20%#ace7be33#EEFAF2
40%#ace7be66#DEF5E5
60%#ace7be99#CDF1D8
80%#ace7becc#BDECCB

Gradients from #ace7be

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DBF5E3, #ace7be 45%, #1D6332);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ace7be, #94DCE0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ace7be, #E7ACD5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FCF6 0%, #ace7be 45%, #1D6332 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DCF2D3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C4EEE9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D6332 0%, transparent 65%), #ace7be;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ace7be

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ace7be in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.93:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ace7be, answered

What color is #ace7be?

#ace7be is a light vivid green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 138° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #ace7be?

rgb(172, 231, 190) — 172 red, 231 green and 190 blue out of 255, or 67.5% / 90.6% / 74.5% by channel.

What is #ace7be in HSL and HSV?

hsl(138, 55%, 79%) and hsv(138, 26%, 91%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ace7be a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6964 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 14.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ace7be?

Black. It scores 14.93:1 against #ace7be, versus 1.41:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ace7be accessible on a white background?

#ace7be on white scores 1.41:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #278644 to reach 4.5:1, or #1D6332 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ace7be?

#E7ACD5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DBACE7 and #E7ACB7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ace7be?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCD for borders, #4B9B63 for secondary text, #A22A9C as an accent and #1D6332 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B7E7AC and #ACE7DB stays calm, while #E7ACD5 is the loudest partner.

What is #ace7be in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(26%, 0%, 18%, 9%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ace7be warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 70 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B0E7AC; nudged cooler, #ABE8D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ace7be?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 17 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ace7be as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ace7be in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ace7be] or text-[#ace7be], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ace7be with 50% opacity?

rgba(172, 231, 190, 0.5), or #ace7be80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D6F3DF; over black, #56745F.

Is #ace7be a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ace7be mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ace7be?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DBF5E3, #ace7be 45%, #1D6332). For more colour, a short hue run to #94DCE0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ace7be in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ace7be at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.