HEX atlas value

#E6EFC8

#E6EFC8 is a cool green HEX color nearest Vellum. RGB 230, 239, 200, HSL 74° 55% 86%, luminance 0.8273; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#E6EFC8 Sample readable text

HEX #E6EFC8

RGB rgb(230, 239, 200)

HSL hsl(74 55% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(4, 0, 16, 6)

Luminance 0.8273

Contrast Black 17.55:1White 1.2:1

CSS

--color-e6efc8: #E6EFC8;
.background-e6efc8 { background-color: #E6EFC8; }
.text-e6efc8 { color: #E6EFC8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E6EFC8

#E6EFC8 is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #E6EFC8 is visually closest to Vellum, a named orange color with HEX #EFE3C8.

The RGB channels are 230, 239, and 200, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 74deg with 55% saturation and 86% 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 0.8273, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.55:1AA 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 #E6EFC8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.55:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.2:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #EAF7C0#EAF7C0 · #000000 text · best 18.56:1 Canvas#F4EBD0 · #000000 text · best 17.64:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 Parchment#F1E9D2 · #000000 text · best 17.33:1

Generated Palette

#E6EFC8#E6EFC8

#D1C8EF#D1C8EF

#EFE4C8#EFE4C8

#D2EFC8#D2EFC8

White#FFFFFF

#C5DA81#C5DA81

Color Harmonies

#D1C8EF#D1C8EF

#EFE4C8#EFE4C8

#D2EFC8#D2EFC8

#C8E6EF#C8E6EF

#EFC8E6#EFC8E6

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C5DA81#C5DA81

#EAF7C0#EAF7C0

#E2E7D0#E2E7D0

White#FFFFFF

#F8FFE0#F8FFE0

Nearest Named Colors

Vellum#EFE3C8

Pearl#EAE0C8

Parchment#F1E9D2

Canvas#F4EBD0

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Luminance0.8273

Black text17.55:1AA 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":"#E6EFC8","rgb":[230,239,200],"hsl":[74,55,86],"cmyk":[4,0,16,6],"luminance":0.8273,"contrast":{"black":17.55,"white":1.2}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.55,"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":"#EAF7C0","hex":"#EAF7C0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.56,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.64,"contrastWhite":1.19,"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":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.33,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Vellum 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/e6efc8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vellum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/parchment.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D1C8EF","analogous":["#EFE4C8","#D2EFC8"],"triadic":["#C8E6EF","#EFC8E6"],"tetradic":["#C8EFE4","#D1C8EF","#EFC8D2"],"splitComplementary":["#C8D2EF","#E4C8EF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E6EFC8","#C5DA81"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C5DA81","saturated":"#EAF7C0","desaturated":"#E2E7D0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F8FFE0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":15},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":15.524174696260024},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":16.0312195418814},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":16.61324772583615},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":17.916472867168917}]

#E6EFC8

CSS

About #E6EFC8

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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