HEX atlas value

#E3EFDC

#E3EFDC is a cool green HEX color nearest Alabaster. RGB 227, 239, 220, HSL 98° 37% 90%, luminance 0.8323; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#E3EFDC Sample readable text

HEX #E3EFDC

RGB rgb(227, 239, 220)

HSL hsl(98 37% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(5, 0, 8, 6)

Luminance 0.8323

Contrast Black 17.65:1White 1.19:1

CSS

--color-e3efdc: #E3EFDC;
.background-e3efdc { background-color: #E3EFDC; }
.text-e3efdc { color: #E3EFDC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E3EFDC

#E3EFDC is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #E3EFDC is visually closest to Alabaster, a named yellow color with HEX #EDEAE0.

The RGB channels are 227, 239, and 220, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 98deg 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 0.8323, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.87, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.65:1AA Pass

White text1.19:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3EFDC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.65:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.19:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #E1F5D6#E1F5D6 · #000000 text · best 18.23:1 Soft Mint#D5F5E3 · #000000 text · best 18:1 #ECEFDC#ECEFDC · #000000 text · best 17.95:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1

Generated Palette

#E3EFDC#E3EFDC

#E8DCEF#E8DCEF

#ECEFDC#ECEFDC

#DCEFDF#DCEFDF

White#FFFFFF

#B1D29D#B1D29D

Color Harmonies

#E8DCEF#E8DCEF

#ECEFDC#ECEFDC

#DCEFDF#DCEFDF

#DCE3EF#DCE3EF

#EFDCE3#EFDCE3

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#B1D29D#B1D29D

#E1F5D6#E1F5D6

#E4E9E2#E4E9E2

White#FFFFFF

#F9FFF5#F9FFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Mercury#EBEBEB

Luminance0.8323

Black text17.65:1AA Pass

White text1.19:1AA 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":"#E3EFDC","rgb":[227,239,220],"hsl":[98,37,90],"cmyk":[5,0,8,6],"luminance":0.8323,"contrast":{"black":17.65,"white":1.19}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.65,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.19,"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":"#E1F5D6","hex":"#E1F5D6","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.23,"contrastWhite":1.15,"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":"#ECEFDC","hex":"#ECEFDC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.95,"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"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Alabaster 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/e3efdc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E8DCEF","analogous":["#ECEFDC","#DCEFDF"],"triadic":["#DCE3EF","#EFDCE3"],"tetradic":["#DCECEF","#E8DCEF","#EFDFDC"],"splitComplementary":["#DFDCEF","#EFDCEC"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E3EFDC","#B1D29D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#B1D29D","saturated":"#E1F5D6","desaturated":"#E4E9E2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F9FFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":11.874342087037917},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":12.68857754044952},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":15.165750888103101},{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":16.76305461424021},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":17.46424919657298}]

#E3EFDC

CSS

About #E3EFDC

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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