HEX atlas value

#ECF3EC

#ECF3EC is a cool green HEX color close to Mercury. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 243, 236, HSL 120, 23%, 94%, has luminance 0.8799, and belongs to the light group.

green cool light

#ECF3EC Sample readable text

HEX #ECF3EC

RGB rgb(236, 243, 236)

HSL hsl(120 23% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(3, 0, 3, 5)

Luminance 0.8799

Contrast Black 18.6:1White 1.13:1

CSS

--color-ecf3ec: #ECF3EC;
.background-ecf3ec { background-color: #ECF3EC; }
.text-ecf3ec { color: #ECF3EC; }

Luminance0.8799

Black text18.6:1AA 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":"#ECF3EC","rgb":[236,243,236],"hsl":[120,23,94],"cmyk":[3,0,3,5],"luminance":0.8799,"contrast":{"black":18.6,"white":1.13}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.6,"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":"Paper White","hex":"#F7F7F2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.54,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"White Smoke","hex":"#F5F5F5","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.26,"contrastWhite":1.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E9F7E9","hex":"#E9F7E9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.95,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.9,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","light green","Mercury 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/ecf3ec.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/marble-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/porcelain.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F3ECF3","analogous":["#F0F3EC","#ECF3F0"],"triadic":["#ECECF3","#F3ECEC"],"tetradic":["#ECF0F3","#F3ECF3","#F3F0EC"],"splitComplementary":["#F0ECF3","#F3ECF0"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#ECF3EC","#B4D0B4"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#B4D0B4","saturated":"#E9F7E9","desaturated":"#F0F0F0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":8.12403840463596},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":9},{"slug":"porcelain","name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","distance":10},{"slug":"white-smoke","name":"White Smoke","hex":"#F5F5F5","distance":12.884098726725126},{"slug":"paper-white","name":"Paper White","hex":"#F7F7F2","distance":13.152946437965905}]

HEX meaning and use

About #ECF3EC

#ECF3EC is classified as a cool green value with light visual character. #ECF3EC is visually closest to Mercury, a named gray color with HEX #EBEBEB.

The RGB channels are 236, 243, and 236, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 23% saturation and 94% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8799, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 8.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.6:1AA 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 #ECF3EC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.6:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.13:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Paper White#000000 text · best 19.54:1#F7F7F2

White Smoke#000000 text · best 19.26:1#F5F5F5

#E9F7E9#000000 text · best 18.95:1#E9F7E9

Porcelain#000000 text · best 18.9:1#F2F3F4

Generated Palette

#ECF3EC#ECF3EC

#F3ECF3#F3ECF3

#F0F3EC#F0F3EC

#ECF3F0#ECF3F0

White#FFFFFF

#B4D0B4#B4D0B4

Color Harmonies

#F3ECF3#F3ECF3

#F0F3EC#F0F3EC

#ECF3F0#ECF3F0

#ECECF3#ECECF3

#F3ECEC#F3ECEC

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#B4D0B4#B4D0B4

#E9F7E9#E9F7E9

#F0F0F0#F0F0F0

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Mercury#EBEBEB

Marble White#F2F0E6

Porcelain#F2F3F4

White Smoke#F5F5F5

Paper White#F7F7F2

#ECF3EC

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #ECF3EC

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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