HEX atlas value

#E6FAEF

#E6FAEF is a cool green HEX color nearest Honeydew. RGB 230, 250, 239, HSL 147° 67% 94%, luminance 0.9143; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light

#E6FAEF Sample readable text

HEX #E6FAEF

RGB rgb(230, 250, 239)

HSL hsl(147 67% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 4, 2)

Luminance 0.9143

Contrast Black 19.29:1White 1.09:1

CSS

--color-e6faef: #E6FAEF;
.background-e6faef { background-color: #E6FAEF; }
.text-e6faef { color: #E6FAEF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E6FAEF

#E6FAEF is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #E6FAEF is visually closest to Honeydew, a named green color with HEX #F0FFF0.

The RGB channels are 230, 250, and 239, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 147deg with 67% saturation and 94% 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 0.9143, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.22, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.29:1AA Pass

White text1.09:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E6FAEF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.29:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.09:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Honeydew#F0FFF0 · #000000 text · best 20.27:1 #E2FDEE#E2FDEE · #000000 text · best 19.52:1 Cloud#F5F6F7 · #000000 text · best 19.41:1 #E5FAF9#E5FAF9 · #000000 text · best 19.37:1

Generated Palette

#E6FAEF#E6FAEF

#FAE5F1#FAE5F1

#E6FAE5#E6FAE5

#E5FAF9#E5FAF9

White#FFFFFF

#99EBBE#99EBBE

Color Harmonies

#FAE5F1#FAE5F1

#E6FAE5#E6FAE5

#E5FAF9#E5FAF9

#EFE5FA#EFE5FA

#FAEFE5#FAEFE5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#99EBBE#99EBBE

#E2FDEE#E2FDEE

#E9F7EF#E9F7EF

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Honeydew#F0FFF0

Porcelain#F2F3F4

Mercury#EBEBEB

White Smoke#F5F5F5

Cloud#F5F6F7

Luminance0.9143

Black text19.29:1AA Pass

White text1.09:1AA 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":"#E6FAEF","rgb":[230,250,239],"hsl":[147,67,94],"cmyk":[8,0,4,2],"luminance":0.9143,"contrast":{"black":19.29,"white":1.09}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.29,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.09,"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":"Honeydew","hex":"#F0FFF0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.27,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E2FDEE","hex":"#E2FDEE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.52,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cloud","hex":"#F5F6F7","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.41,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5FAF9","hex":"#E5FAF9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.37,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Honeydew 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/e6faef.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/honeydew.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/porcelain.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#FAE5F1","analogous":["#E6FAE5","#E5FAF9"],"triadic":["#EFE5FA","#FAEFE5"],"tetradic":["#E5E6FA","#FAE5F1","#FAF9E5"],"splitComplementary":["#F9E5FA","#FAE5E6"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E6FAEF","#99EBBE"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#99EBBE","saturated":"#E2FDEE","desaturated":"#E9F7EF","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"honeydew","name":"Honeydew","hex":"#F0FFF0","distance":11.224972160321824},{"slug":"porcelain","name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","distance":14.7648230602334},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":16.30950643030009},{"slug":"white-smoke","name":"White Smoke","hex":"#F5F5F5","distance":16.911534525287763},{"slug":"cloud","name":"Cloud","hex":"#F5F6F7","distance":17.46424919657298}]

#E6FAEF

CSS

About #E6FAEF

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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