HEX atlas value

#E1E6D1

#E1E6D1 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pearl. RGB 225, 230, 209, HSL 74° 30% 86%, luminance 0.772; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#E1E6D1 Sample readable text

HEX #E1E6D1

RGB rgb(225, 230, 209)

HSL hsl(74 30% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(2, 0, 9, 10)

Luminance 0.772

Contrast Black 16.44:1White 1.28:1

CSS

--color-e1e6d1: #E1E6D1;
.background-e1e6d1 { background-color: #E1E6D1; }
.text-e1e6d1 { color: #E1E6D1; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E1E6D1

#E1E6D1 is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #E1E6D1 is visually closest to Pearl, a named orange color with HEX #EAE0C8.

The RGB channels are 225, 230, and 209, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 74deg with 30% saturation and 86% 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 0.772, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 14.07, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.44:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E1E6D1 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.44:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.28:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 #E5EEC9#E5EEC9 · #000000 text · best 17.4:1 #D6E6D1#D6E6D1 · #000000 text · best 16.1:1 Pearl#EAE0C8 · #000000 text · best 15.99:1

Generated Palette

#E1E6D1#E1E6D1

#D6D1E6#D6D1E6

#E6E0D1#E6E0D1

#D6E6D1#D6E6D1

White#FFFFFF

#BAC695#BAC695

Color Harmonies

#D6D1E6#D6D1E6

#E6E0D1#E6E0D1

#D6E6D1#D6E6D1

#D1E1E6#D1E1E6

#E6D1E1#E6D1E1

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BAC695#BAC695

#E5EEC9#E5EEC9

#DDDED8#DDDED8

White#FFFFFF

#F8FFE0#F8FFE0

Nearest Named Colors

Pearl#EAE0C8

Quartz#E7D9D1

Bone#E3DAC9

Gainsboro#DCDCDC

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Luminance0.772

Black text16.44:1AA Pass

White text1.28:1AA 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":"#E1E6D1","rgb":[225,230,209],"hsl":[74,30,86],"cmyk":[2,0,9,10],"luminance":0.772,"contrast":{"black":16.44,"white":1.28}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.44,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.28,"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":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5EEC9","hex":"#E5EEC9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.4,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D6E6D1","hex":"#D6E6D1","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.1,"contrastWhite":1.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.99,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Pearl 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/e1e6d1.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/quartz.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D6D1E6","analogous":["#E6E0D1","#D6E6D1"],"triadic":["#D1E1E6","#E6D1E1"],"tetradic":["#D1E6E0","#D6D1E6","#E6D1D6"],"splitComplementary":["#D1D6E6","#E0D1E6"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E1E6D1","#BAC695"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BAC695","saturated":"#E5EEC9","desaturated":"#DDDED8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F8FFE0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":14.071247279470288},{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":14.317821063276353},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":14.560219778561036},{"slug":"gainsboro","name":"Gainsboro","hex":"#DCDCDC","distance":15.684387141358123},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":16.30950643030009}]

#E1E6D1

CSS

About #E1E6D1

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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