What color is #AAFFAA?

#AAFFAA is a very light, vivid green known as Creamy Mint. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Creamy Mint?

The RGB value is 170, 255, 170: 170 red, 255 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Creamy Mint?

The complementary color is #FFAAFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #AAFFAA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.59:1 and white text 1.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Creamy Mint color: hex code #AAFFAA

#AAFFAA rgb(170, 255, 170)

Shades of green

Creamy Mint has the hex code #AAFFAA. It is a very light, vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 66.7% red, 100% green and 66.7% blue (170, 255, 170).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 100% saturation and 83% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.59:1).

Creamy Mint (#AAFFAA) color codes

HEX	`#AAFFAA`
RGB	`rgb(170, 255, 170)`
RGB percent	`rgb(66.7%, 100%, 66.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 100%, 83%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 33%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(33%, 0%, 33%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(93, -41.88, 32.71)`
CIE LCH	`lch(93, 53.15, 142.01)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(59.591, 82.965, 50.896)`
Decimal	`11206570`
Short hex	`#AFA`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Creamy Mint, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #AAFFAA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#AAFFAA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.19:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.59:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #AAFFAA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #aaffaa; }
.text { color: #aaffaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaffaa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(170 255 170 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #aaffaa, #aaffd4); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #AAFFAA on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #AAFFAA?: #AAFFAA is a very light, vivid green known as Creamy Mint. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Creamy Mint?: The RGB value is 170, 255, 170: 170 red, 255 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Creamy Mint?: The complementary color is #FFAAFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #AAFFAA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.59:1 and white text 1.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.