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#aefd92

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Drift Moss

RGB
174, 253, 146
HSL
104°, 96%, 78%
CMYK
31, 0, 42, 1
Luminance
0.8132

#aefd92 is a light electric green, 104° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.26:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #258802 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(104 96% 78%)rgb(174 253 146)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #aefd92 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#aefd92
Hue
104°
green
Saturation
96%
electric
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8132
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.26:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
61.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.918
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 14.2
Web-safe
#99FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue104° of 360°
Saturation96%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #aefd92.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green86%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#aefd92
HEX (8-digit)#aefd92ff
RGBrgb(174, 253, 146)
RGBArgba(174, 253, 146, 1)
HSLhsl(104, 96%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104, 42%, 99%)
HWBhwb(104 57% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 42%, 1%)
LABlab(92.3 -43.2 43.6)
LCHlch(92.3 61.4 134.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.918 0.159 137.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.77, 81.32, 39.84)
Decimal11468178
Display P3color(display-p3 0.682 0.992 0.573)
Web-safe#99FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #aefd92;
background-color: #aefd92;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #aefd92;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aefd92] bg-[#aefd92]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aefd92;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.992, blue: 0.573)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.682, green: 0.992, blue: 0.573, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#AEFD92</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFAEFD92)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFAEFD92)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(146, 253, 174)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(174, 253, 146)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(174, 253, 146)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 174, 253, 146)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6824f, 0.9922f, 0.5725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{174,253,146}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #aefd92 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #aefd92 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#227D02, #DAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #aefd92 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: #F4FDF1;
  --brand-100: #EAFCE4;
  --brand-200: #D0FAC1;
  --brand-300: #aefd92;
  --brand-400: #84FC5A;
  --brand-500: #5BFB23;
  --brand-600: #42F004;
  --brand-700: #37C804;
  --brand-800: #2CA003;
  --brand-900: #237307;
  --brand-950: #164804;
  --brand: #aefd92;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CCEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #94FC6F;
  --brand-pressed: #7AFC4C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FDF1',
        100: '#EAFCE4',
        200: '#D0FAC1',
        300: '#aefd92',
        400: '#84FC5A',
        500: '#5BFB23',
        600: '#42F004',
        700: '#37C804',
        800: '#2CA003',
        900: '#237307',
        950: '#164804',
        DEFAULT: '#aefd92',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FDF1,
  '100': #EAFCE4,
  '200': #D0FAC1,
  '300': #aefd92,
  '400': #84FC5A,
  '500': #5BFB23,
  '600': #42F004,
  '700': #37C804,
  '800': #2CA003,
  '900': #237307,
  '950': #164804,
);
$brand-base: #aefd92;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAFCE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0FAC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#aefd92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#84FC5A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5BFB23", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#42F004", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#37C804", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2CA003", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#237307", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#164804", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #aefd92 · 17.26:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.26:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #aefd92 as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.26:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #227D02 at 4.31:1.

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
#258802 · 4.56:1
AA on white−51% L
#258802
The quick fox
#1C6502 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−58% L
#1C6502
The quick fox
#aefd92 · 17.26:1
AA on blackalready passes
#aefd92
The quick fox
#aefd92 · 17.26:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#aefd92

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2FAB03 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
#aefd92 on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aefd92 on black: 17.26:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #aefd92 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #aefd92.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.22:1AaAa
Slate 501.16:1AaAa
Slate 1001.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.11:1AaAa
Slate 5003.91:1AaAa
Slate 6006.23:1AaAa
Slate 7008.51:1AaAa
Slate 80012.03:1AaAa
Slate 90014.68:1AaAa
Black17.26:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFED8A
deuteranopia · #F8E698
tritanopia · #ABF6E3

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. #aefd92 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.

#F4FDF1
#EAFCE4
#D0FAC1
#aefd92
#84FC5A
#5BFB23
#42F004
#37C804
#2CA003
#237307
#164804
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4FDF1Darkest = 950 · #164804Text step on white = 900
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 0.040 137.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 137.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.096 137.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 137.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.147 137.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 137.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 137.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.150 137.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.134 137.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.112 137.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.088 137.9);
}

Colors that work with #aefd92

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CCEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#609B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6300CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#227D02
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#94FC6F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#7AFC4C
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BCFFA4
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 #aefd92

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 #227D02
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2FAB03

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight22/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#E192FD
Analogous left#E3FD92
Analogous right#92FDAB
Split-complement 1#AB92FD
Split-complement 2#FD92E3
Triadic 1#92AEFD
Triadic 2#FD92AE
Tetradic#92E3FD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°104°

#aefd92 sits at 104°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green99.2%
Blue57.3%
R · 0–255
174
0xae
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
146
0x92

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow42.3%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 74%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#aefd92 text on a black background

contrast 17.26:1

Card sample

#aefd92 text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#aefd92 on grey

1.11:1

#aefd92 on its own surface

1.15:1

#aefd92 on its dark surface

13.27:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aefd92;
Background color
Panel with #aefd92 background
background-color: #aefd92;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aefd92;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 253, 146, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 253, 146, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aefd92;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aefd92, #92FDBD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #aefd92, #92FDD8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #aefd92;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #aefd92;
caret-color: #aefd92;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #aefd92;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #aefd92;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#aefd92 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #aefd92 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(174, 253, 146, 0.5)
rgb(174 253 146 / 50%)
#aefd9280
hsl(104 96% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #aefd92 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#aefd921a#F7FFF4
20%#aefd9233#EFFFE9
40%#aefd9266#DFFED3
60%#aefd9299#CEFEBE
80%#aefd92cc#BEFDA8

Gradients from #aefd92

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, #DBFECE, #aefd92 45%, #227D02);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #aefd92, #74FCB7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #aefd92, #E192FD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1FFEC 0%, #aefd92 45%, #227D02 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F5FEC4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B0FEC9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #227D02 0%, transparent 65%), #aefd92;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aefd92

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.

#aefd92 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 17.26:1.

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.

#aefd92, answered

What color is #aefd92?

#aefd92 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 104° on the hue wheel with 96% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #aefd92?

rgb(174, 253, 146) — 174 red, 253 green and 146 blue out of 255, or 68.2% / 99.2% / 57.3% by channel.

What is #aefd92 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(104, 96%, 78%) and hsv(104, 42%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #aefd92 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8132 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 17.26:1.

Should I use black or white text on #aefd92?

Black. It scores 17.26:1 against #aefd92, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #aefd92 accessible on a white background?

#aefd92 on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #258802 to reach 4.5:1, or #1C6502 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #aefd92?

#E192FD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AB92FD and #FD92E3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #aefd92?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CCEDC0 for borders, #609B4B for secondary text, #6300CC as an accent and #227D02 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E3FD92 and #92FDAB stays calm, while #E192FD is the loudest partner.

What is #aefd92 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 42%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #aefd92 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5FD92; nudged cooler, #91FE9C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #aefd92?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 14.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #aefd92 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #aefd92 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#aefd92] or text-[#aefd92], 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 #aefd92 with 50% opacity?

rgba(174, 253, 146, 0.5), or #aefd9280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D7FEC9; over black, #577F49.

Is #aefd92 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF99, ΔE2000 3.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #aefd92 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 #aefd92?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DBFECE, #aefd92 45%, #227D02). For more colour, a short hue run to #74FCB7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #aefd92 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #aefd92 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.