HEX atlas value

#DFEFDC

#DFEFDC is a cool green HEX color nearest Soft Mint. RGB 223, 239, 220, HSL 111° 37% 90%, luminance 0.8259; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#DFEFDC Sample readable text

HEX #DFEFDC

RGB rgb(223, 239, 220)

HSL hsl(111 37% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(7, 0, 8, 6)

Luminance 0.8259

Contrast Black 17.52:1White 1.2:1

CSS

--color-dfefdc: #DFEFDC;
.background-dfefdc { background-color: #DFEFDC; }
.text-dfefdc { color: #DFEFDC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DFEFDC

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

The RGB channels are 223, 239, and 220, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 111deg 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 0.8259, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.60, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.52:1AA 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 #DFEFDC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.52:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.2:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #DBF5D6#DBF5D6 · #000000 text · best 18.04:1 Soft Mint#D5F5E3 · #000000 text · best 18:1 #E8EFDC#E8EFDC · #000000 text · best 17.81:1 #DCEFE3#DCEFE3 · #000000 text · best 17.5:1

Generated Palette

#DFEFDC#DFEFDC

#ECDCEF#ECDCEF

#E8EFDC#E8EFDC

#DCEFE3#DCEFE3

White#FFFFFF

#A5D29D#A5D29D

Color Harmonies

#ECDCEF#ECDCEF

#E8EFDC#E8EFDC

#DCEFE3#DCEFE3

#DCDFEF#DCDFEF

#EFDCDF#EFDCDF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#A5D29D#A5D29D

#DBF5D6#DBF5D6

#E3E9E2#E3E9E2

White#FFFFFF

#F6FFF5#F6FFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Platinum#E5E4E2

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Luminance0.8259

Black text17.52:1AA 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":"#DFEFDC","rgb":[223,239,220],"hsl":[111,37,90],"cmyk":[7,0,8,6],"luminance":0.8259,"contrast":{"black":17.52,"white":1.2}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.52,"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":"#DBF5D6","hex":"#DBF5D6","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.04,"contrastWhite":1.16,"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":"#E8EFDC","hex":"#E8EFDC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.81,"contrastWhite":1.18,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DCEFE3","hex":"#DCEFE3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.5,"contrastWhite":1.2,"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/dfefdc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ECDCEF","analogous":["#E8EFDC","#DCEFE3"],"triadic":["#DCDFEF","#EFDCDF"],"tetradic":["#DCE8EF","#ECDCEF","#EFE3DC"],"splitComplementary":["#E3DCEF","#EFDCE8"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DFEFDC","#A5D29D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#A5D29D","saturated":"#DBF5D6","desaturated":"#E3E9E2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F6FFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":13.601470508735444},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":13.892443989449804},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":15.394804318340652},{"slug":"moonstone","name":"Moonstone","hex":"#D9E6E8","distance":16.15549442140351},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":18.708286933869708}]

#DFEFDC

CSS

About #DFEFDC

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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