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#AEE8A9

#aee8a9 ≈ Granny Smith Apple

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#aee8a9 is a color from the green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 90.98% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.16% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 115.24°, with 57.8% saturation and 78.63% 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 14.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Granny Smith Apple (#a8e4a0), ΔE 1.49.

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Web safe#99ff99
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Relative luminance0.6958

Complementary

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #e3a9e8

Split complementary

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #c4a9e8
  3. #e8a9ce

Analogous

  1. #cee8a9
  2. #aee8a9
  3. #a9e8c4

Triadic

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #a9aee8
  3. #e8a9ae

Tetradic

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #a9e8e3
  3. #e3a9e8
  4. #e8a9ae

Square

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #a9cee8
  3. #e3a9e8
  4. #e8c4a9

Monochromatic

  1. #40c434
  2. #75d86d
  3. #aee8a9
  4. #e7f8e5
  5. #f0fbef

Shades

#aee8a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #9dd198
  3. #8bba87
  4. #7aa276
  5. #688b65
  6. #577455
  7. #465d44
  8. #344633
  9. #232e22
  10. #111711
  11. #000000

Tints

#aee8a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #b6eab2
  3. #beedba
  4. #c6efc3
  5. #cef1cb
  6. #d7f4d4
  7. #dff6dd
  8. #e7f8e5
  9. #effaee
  10. #f7fdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aee8a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aee8a9
  2. #a9dea5
  3. #a5d3a1
  4. #a0c99d
  5. #9cbe99
  6. #97b495
  7. #92aa90
  8. #8e9f8c
  9. #899588
  10. #858a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9dfc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebdda5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2d7ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9e4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5e1a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfdeab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abe6c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aee8a9 {
  color: #aee8a9;
}
Background
.bg-aee8a9 {
  background-color: #aee8a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aee8a9 {
  border: 2px solid #aee8a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aee8a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 232 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 115 58% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aee8a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aee8a9, #a9e8c4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aee8a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 232 169 / 0.35);
}

#a8e4a0 Granny Smith Apple ΔE 1.49 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 3.08 #d0f0c0 Tea Green ΔE 6.10 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 6.26 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 7.36 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.63 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 8.15 #511756 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Granny Smith Apple
#aee8a9  rgb(174, 232, 169)  hsl(115, 58%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e3a9e8  rgb(227, 169, 232)  hsl(295, 58%, 79%)  Plum
#a9aee8  rgb(169, 174, 232)  hsl(235, 58%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e8a9ae  rgb(232, 169, 174)  hsl(355, 58%, 79%)  Pastel Pink