HEX atlas value

#E3F9BD

#E3F9BD is a cool green HEX color close to Vellum. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 227, 249, 189, HSL 82, 83%, 86%, has luminance 0.8776, and belongs to the light and pastel groups.

green cool light pastel

#E3F9BD Sample readable text

HEX #E3F9BD

RGB rgb(227, 249, 189)

HSL hsl(82 83% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(9, 0, 24, 2)

Luminance 0.8776

Contrast Black 18.55:1White 1.13:1

CSS

--color-e3f9bd: #E3F9BD;
.background-e3f9bd { background-color: #E3F9BD; }
.text-e3f9bd { color: #E3F9BD; }

Luminance0.8776

Black text18.55:1AA Pass

White text1.13:1AA 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":"#E3F9BD","rgb":[227,249,189],"hsl":[82,83,86],"cmyk":[9,0,24,2],"luminance":0.8776,"contrast":{"black":18.55,"white":1.13}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.55,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.13,"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 Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.37,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5FFB8","hex":"#E5FFB8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.33,"contrastWhite":1.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F9F1BE","hex":"#F9F1BE","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.35,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.21,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","pastel","light green","pastel green","Vellum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e3f9bd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vellum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D3BEF9","analogous":["#F9F1BE","#C6F9BE"],"triadic":["#BEE3F9","#F9BEE3"],"tetradic":["#BEF9F1","#D3BEF9","#F9BEC6"],"splitComplementary":["#BEC6F9","#F1BEF9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E3F9BD","#BFF16A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BFF16A","saturated":"#E5FFB8","desaturated":"#E1F1C6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F4FFE0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":27.367864366808018},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":27.76688675382964},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":28.19574435974337},{"slug":"pastel-mint","name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","distance":28.337254630609507},{"slug":"soft-yellow","name":"Soft Yellow","hex":"#FFF8B8","distance":28.460498941515414}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E3F9BD

#E3F9BD is classified as a cool green value with light and pastel visual character. #E3F9BD is visually closest to Vellum, a named orange color with HEX #EFE3C8.

The RGB channels are 227, 249, and 189, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 82deg with 83% saturation and 86% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8776, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 27.37, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.55:1AA Pass

White text1.13:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3F9BD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.55:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.13:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Soft Yellow#000000 text · best 19.37:1#FFF8B8

#E5FFB8#000000 text · best 19.33:1#E5FFB8

#F9F1BE#000000 text · best 18.35:1#F9F1BE

Pastel Mint#000000 text · best 18.21:1#CEFAD0

Generated Palette

#E3F9BD#E3F9BD

#D3BEF9#D3BEF9

#F9F1BE#F9F1BE

#C6F9BE#C6F9BE

White#FFFFFF

#BFF16A#BFF16A

Color Harmonies

#D3BEF9#D3BEF9

#F9F1BE#F9F1BE

#C6F9BE#C6F9BE

#BEE3F9#BEE3F9

#F9BEE3#F9BEE3

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BFF16A#BFF16A

#E5FFB8#E5FFB8

#E1F1C6#E1F1C6

White#FFFFFF

#F4FFE0#F4FFE0

Nearest Named Colors

Vellum#EFE3C8

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Pearl#EAE0C8

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

#E3F9BD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E3F9BD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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