HEX atlas value

#DCEFE1

#DCEFE1 is a cool green HEX color nearest Soft Mint. RGB 220, 239, 225, HSL 136° 37% 90%, luminance 0.8238; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#DCEFE1 Sample readable text

HEX #DCEFE1

RGB rgb(220, 239, 225)

HSL hsl(136 37% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 6, 6)

Luminance 0.8238

Contrast Black 17.48:1White 1.2:1

CSS

--color-dcefe1: #DCEFE1;
.background-dcefe1 { background-color: #DCEFE1; }
.text-dcefe1 { color: #DCEFE1; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DCEFE1

#DCEFE1 is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #DCEFE1 is visually closest to Soft Mint, a named green color with HEX #D5F5E3.

The RGB channels are 220, 239, and 225, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 136deg with 37% saturation and 90% 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 light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8238, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.43, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.48:1AA Pass

White text1.2:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DCEFE1 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.48:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.2:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Soft Mint#D5F5E3 · #000000 text · best 18:1 #D6F5DE#D6F5DE · #000000 text · best 17.97:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 #DCEFEB#DCEFEB · #000000 text · best 17.59:1

Generated Palette

#DCEFE1#DCEFE1

#EFDCEA#EFDCEA

#E0EFDC#E0EFDC

#DCEFEB#DCEFEB

White#FFFFFF

#9DD2AB#9DD2AB

Color Harmonies

#EFDCEA#EFDCEA

#E0EFDC#E0EFDC

#DCEFEB#DCEFEB

#E1DCEF#E1DCEF

#EFE1DC#EFE1DC

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#9DD2AB#9DD2AB

#D6F5DE#D6F5DE

#E2E9E4#E2E9E4

White#FFFFFF

#F5FFF8#F5FFF8

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Platinum#E5E4E2

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Mercury#EBEBEB

Luminance0.8238

Black text17.48:1AA Pass

White text1.2:1AA 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":"#DCEFE1","rgb":[220,239,225],"hsl":[136,37,90],"cmyk":[8,0,6,6],"luminance":0.8238,"contrast":{"black":17.48,"white":1.2}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.48,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.2,"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":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D6F5DE","hex":"#D6F5DE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.97,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DCEFEB","hex":"#DCEFEB","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.59,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Soft Mint adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dcefe1.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moonstone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EFDCEA","analogous":["#E0EFDC","#DCEFEB"],"triadic":["#E1DCEF","#EFE1DC"],"tetradic":["#DCE0EF","#EFDCEA","#EFEBDC"],"splitComplementary":["#EBDCEF","#EFDCE0"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DCEFE1","#9DD2AB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#9DD2AB","saturated":"#D6F5DE","desaturated":"#E2E9E4","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F5FFF8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"moonstone","name":"Moonstone","hex":"#D9E6E8","distance":11.789826122551595},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":14.247806848775006},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":17.74823934929885},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":18.466185312619388}]

#DCEFE1

CSS

About #DCEFE1

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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