HEX atlas value

#E1EAE5

#E1EAE5 is a cool green HEX color nearest Platinum. RGB 225, 234, 229, HSL 147° 18% 90%, luminance 0.8051; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#E1EAE5 Sample readable text

HEX #E1EAE5

RGB rgb(225, 234, 229)

HSL hsl(147 18% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(4, 0, 2, 8)

Luminance 0.8051

Contrast Black 17.1:1White 1.23:1

CSS

--color-e1eae5: #E1EAE5;
.background-e1eae5 { background-color: #E1EAE5; }
.text-e1eae5 { color: #E1EAE5; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E1EAE5

#E1EAE5 is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #E1EAE5 is visually closest to Platinum, a named gray color with HEX #E5E4E2.

The RGB channels are 225, 234, and 229, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 147deg with 18% 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 0.8051, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.81, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.1:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E1EAE5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.1:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.23:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Soft Mint#D5F5E3 · #000000 text · best 18:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 #DBF0E4#DBF0E4 · #000000 text · best 17.6:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1

Generated Palette

#E1EAE5#E1EAE5

#EAE1E6#EAE1E6

#E1EAE1#E1EAE1

#E1EAEA#E1EAEA

White#FFFFFF

#ABC4B6#ABC4B6

Color Harmonies

#EAE1E6#EAE1E6

#E1EAE1#E1EAE1

#E1EAEA#E1EAEA

#E5E1EA#E5E1EA

#EAE5E1#EAE5E1

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#ABC4B6#ABC4B6

#DBF0E4#DBF0E4

#E6E6E6#E6E6E6

White#FFFFFF

#F5FFF9#F5FFF9

Nearest Named Colors

Platinum#E5E4E2

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Mercury#EBEBEB

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Luminance0.8051

Black text17.1:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA 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":"#E1EAE5","rgb":[225,234,229],"hsl":[147,18,90],"cmyk":[4,0,2,8],"luminance":0.8051,"contrast":{"black":17.1,"white":1.23}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.1,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.23,"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":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DBF0E4","hex":"#DBF0E4","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.6,"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","Platinum 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/e1eae5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moonstone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EAE1E6","analogous":["#E1EAE1","#E1EAEA"],"triadic":["#E5E1EA","#EAE5E1"],"tetradic":["#E1E1EA","#EAE1E6","#EAEAE1"],"splitComplementary":["#EAE1EA","#EAE1E1"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E1EAE5","#ABC4B6"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#ABC4B6","saturated":"#DBF0E4","desaturated":"#E6E6E6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F5FFF9"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":7.810249675906654},{"slug":"moonstone","name":"Moonstone","hex":"#D9E6E8","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":11.704699910719626},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":13},{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":16.401219466856727}]

#E1EAE5

CSS

About #E1EAE5

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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