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#AEE59E

#aee59e ≈ Granny Smith Apple

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#aee59e is a color from the green family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 89.8% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 106.48°, with 57.72% saturation and 75.88% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Granny Smith Apple (#a8e4a0), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.6751

Complementary

  1. #aee59e
  2. #d59ee5

Split complementary

  1. #aee59e
  2. #b19ee5
  3. #e59ed1

Analogous

  1. #d1e59e
  2. #aee59e
  3. #9ee5b1

Triadic

  1. #aee59e
  2. #9eaee5
  3. #e59eae

Tetradic

  1. #aee59e
  2. #9ee5d5
  3. #d59ee5
  4. #e59eae

Square

  1. #aee59e
  2. #9ed1e5
  3. #d59ee5
  4. #e5b19e

Monochromatic

  1. #50b931
  2. #7cd562
  3. #aee59e
  4. #e0f5da
  5. #f2fbef

Shades

#aee59e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aee59e
  2. #9dce8e
  3. #8bb77e
  4. #7aa06f
  5. #68895f
  6. #57734f
  7. #465c3f
  8. #34452f
  9. #232e20
  10. #111710
  11. #000000

Tints

#aee59e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aee59e
  2. #b6e8a8
  3. #beeab1
  4. #c6edbb
  5. #ceefc5
  6. #d7f2cf
  7. #dff5d8
  8. #e7f7e2
  9. #effaec
  10. #f7fcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aee59e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aee59e
  2. #a9db9b
  3. #a5d198
  4. #a0c795
  5. #9cbd92
  6. #97b38f
  7. #92a88c
  8. #8e9e89
  9. #899486
  10. #858a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7dcc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eada99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1d4a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ace0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4de9b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cedba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ade2c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aee59e {
  color: #aee59e;
}
Background
.bg-aee59e {
  background-color: #aee59e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aee59e {
  border: 2px solid #aee59e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aee59e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 229 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 106 58% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aee59e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aee59e, #9ee5b1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aee59e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 229 158 / 0.35);
}

#a8e4a0 Granny Smith Apple ΔE 1.26 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 4.61 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 5.63 #d0f0c0 Tea Green ΔE 6.92 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 7.00 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 7.80 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 7.81 #511a61 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Granny Smith Apple
#aee59e  rgb(174, 229, 158)  hsl(106, 58%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#d59ee5  rgb(213, 158, 229)  hsl(286, 58%, 76%)  Wisteria
#9eaee5  rgb(158, 174, 229)  hsl(226, 58%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e59eae  rgb(229, 158, 174)  hsl(346, 58%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink