HEX atlas value

#C6EAB8

#C6EAB8 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pastel Green. RGB 198, 234, 184, HSL 103° 54% 82%, luminance 0.7431; view contrast and conversions.

green cool balanced

#C6EAB8 Sample readable text

HEX #C6EAB8

RGB rgb(198, 234, 184)

HSL hsl(103 54% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(15, 0, 21, 8)

Luminance 0.7431

Contrast Black 15.86:1White 1.32:1

CSS

--color-c6eab8: #C6EAB8;
.background-c6eab8 { background-color: #C6EAB8; }
.text-c6eab8 { color: #C6EAB8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #C6EAB8

#C6EAB8 is classified as a cool green value with balanced visual character. #C6EAB8 is visually closest to Pastel Green, a named green color with HEX #C1E1C1.

The RGB channels are 198, 234, and 184, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 103deg with 54% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and botanical and wellness palettes. Its luminance is 0.7431, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.67, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.86:1AA Pass

White text1.32:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C6EAB8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.86:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.32:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Pastel Mint#CEFAD0 · #000000 text · best 18.21:1 #C2F4AE#C2F4AE · #000000 text · best 16.85:1 #DFEAB8#DFEAB8 · #000000 text · best 16.6:1 #B8EAC3#B8EAC3 · #000000 text · best 15.6:1

Generated Palette

#C6EAB8#C6EAB8

#DCB8EA#DCB8EA

#DFEAB8#DFEAB8

#B8EAC3#B8EAC3

White#FFFFFF

#8ED572#8ED572

Color Harmonies

#DCB8EA#DCB8EA

#DFEAB8#DFEAB8

#B8EAC3#B8EAC3

#B8C6EA#B8C6EA

#EAB8C6#EAB8C6

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#8ED572#8ED572

#C2F4AE#C2F4AE

#CBE0C2#CBE0C2

White#FFFFFF

#DAFFCC#DAFFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Green#C1E1C1

Celadon#ACE1AF

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Limestone#D8D2C4

Oat#D8CAB8

Luminance0.7431

Black text15.86:1AA Pass

White text1.32:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#C6EAB8","rgb":[198,234,184],"hsl":[103,54,82],"cmyk":[15,0,21,8],"luminance":0.7431,"contrast":{"black":15.86,"white":1.32}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.32,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.21,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C2F4AE","hex":"#C2F4AE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.85,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DFEAB8","hex":"#DFEAB8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.6,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B8EAC3","hex":"#B8EAC3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.6,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","balanced","balanced green","Pastel Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/c6eab8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/celadon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-mint.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DCB8EA","analogous":["#DFEAB8","#B8EAC3"],"triadic":["#B8C6EA","#EAB8C6"],"tetradic":["#B8DFEA","#DCB8EA","#EAC3B8"],"splitComplementary":["#C3B8EA","#EAB8DF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#C6EAB8","#8ED572"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#8ED572","saturated":"#C2F4AE","desaturated":"#CBE0C2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#DAFFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-green","name":"Pastel Green","hex":"#C1E1C1","distance":13.674794331177344},{"slug":"celadon","name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","distance":28.948229652260256},{"slug":"pastel-mint","name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","distance":29.93325909419153},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":32.31098884280702},{"slug":"oat","name":"Oat","hex":"#D8CAB8","distance":36.71511950137164}]

#C6EAB8

CSS

About #C6EAB8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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