HEX atlas value

#DFECE4

#DFECE4 is a cool green HEX color nearest Moonstone. RGB 223, 236, 228, HSL 143° 25% 90%, luminance 0.8128; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#DFECE4 Sample readable text

HEX #DFECE4

RGB rgb(223, 236, 228)

HSL hsl(143 25% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(6, 0, 3, 7)

Luminance 0.8128

Contrast Black 17.26:1White 1.22:1

CSS

--color-dfece4: #DFECE4;
.background-dfece4 { background-color: #DFECE4; }
.text-dfece4 { color: #DFECE4; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DFECE4

#DFECE4 is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #DFECE4 is visually closest to Moonstone, a named cyan color with HEX #D9E6E8.

The RGB channels are 223, 236, and 228, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 143deg with 25% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 0.8128, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.38, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.26:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DFECE4 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.26:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.22:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Soft Mint#D5F5E3 · #000000 text · best 18:1 #DAF1E3#DAF1E3 · #000000 text · best 17.67:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1

Generated Palette

#DFECE4#DFECE4

#ECDFE7#ECDFE7

#E1ECDF#E1ECDF

#DFECEA#DFECEA

White#FFFFFF

#A6C9B3#A6C9B3

Color Harmonies

#ECDFE7#ECDFE7

#E1ECDF#E1ECDF

#DFECEA#DFECEA

#E4DFEC#E4DFEC

#ECE4DF#ECE4DF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#A6C9B3#A6C9B3

#DAF1E3#DAF1E3

#E5E6E5#E5E6E5

White#FFFFFF

#F5FFF9#F5FFF9

Nearest Named Colors

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Platinum#E5E4E2

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Mercury#EBEBEB

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Luminance0.8128

Black text17.26:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA 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":"#DFECE4","rgb":[223,236,228],"hsl":[143,25,90],"cmyk":[6,0,3,7],"luminance":0.8128,"contrast":{"black":17.26,"white":1.22}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.26,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.22,"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":"#DAF1E3","hex":"#DAF1E3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.67,"contrastWhite":1.19,"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":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Moonstone 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/dfece4.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moonstone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ECDFE7","analogous":["#E1ECDF","#DFECEA"],"triadic":["#E4DFEC","#ECE4DF"],"tetradic":["#DFE1EC","#ECDFE7","#ECEADF"],"splitComplementary":["#EADFEC","#ECDFE1"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DFECE4","#A6C9B3"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#A6C9B3","saturated":"#DAF1E3","desaturated":"#E5E6E5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F5FFF9"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"moonstone","name":"Moonstone","hex":"#D9E6E8","distance":9.38083151964686},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":10.198039027185569},{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":13.490737563232042},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":13.92838827718412},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":14.696938456699069}]

#DFECE4

CSS

About #DFECE4

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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