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#eef3ec

a pale, soft green · neutral · closest name: Mint Cream

Token name suggestion: Whisper Basil

RGB
238, 243, 236
HSL
103°, 23%, 94%
CMYK
2, 0, 3, 5
Luminance
0.8833

#eef3ec is a pale soft green, 103° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.67:1). As text it scores 1.12:1 on white — use #5C7D4F instead. Nearest name is Mint Cream, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(103 23% 94%)rgb(238 243 236)Base step 100AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eef3ec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eef3ec
Hue
103°
green
Saturation
23%
soft
Lightness
94%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
94%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8833
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
18.67:1
Closest name
Mint Cream
ΔE2000 3.1
Chroma
4.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.958
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 28.9
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue103° of 360°
Saturation23%
Lightness94%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eef3ec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green73%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eef3ec
HEX (8-digit)#eef3ecff
RGBrgb(238, 243, 236)
RGBArgba(238, 243, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(103, 23%, 94%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103, 3%, 95%)
HWBhwb(103 93% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 3%, 5%)
LABlab(95.3 -2.9 2.8)
LCHlch(95.3 4.0 136.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.958 0.011 136.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(82.45, 88.33, 92.05)
Decimal15660012
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.953 0.925)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eef3ec;
background-color: #eef3ec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eef3ec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eef3ec] bg-[#eef3ec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eef3ec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.953, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.953, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEF3EC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEF3EC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEF3EC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 243, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 243, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 243, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 243, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.9529f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,243,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eef3ec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eef3ec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3A4E31, #DDE7D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eef3ec h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-100: #eef3ec;
  --brand-200: #DBE4D7;
  --brand-300: #C1D4BA;
  --brand-400: #A3BE98;
  --brand-500: #84A875;
  --brand-600: #6F965F;
  --brand-700: #5C7D4F;
  --brand-800: #4A643F;
  --brand-900: #384A30;
  --brand-950: #232E1E;
  --brand: #eef3ec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D2DFCD;
  --brand-hover: #DAE5D6;
  --brand-pressed: #C7D7C0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192216;
    --brand-ink: #DDE7D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F9F6',
        100: '#eef3ec',
        200: '#DBE4D7',
        300: '#C1D4BA',
        400: '#A3BE98',
        500: '#84A875',
        600: '#6F965F',
        700: '#5C7D4F',
        800: '#4A643F',
        900: '#384A30',
        950: '#232E1E',
        DEFAULT: '#eef3ec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F9F6,
  '100': #eef3ec,
  '200': #DBE4D7,
  '300': #C1D4BA,
  '400': #A3BE98,
  '500': #84A875,
  '600': #6F965F,
  '700': #5C7D4F,
  '800': #4A643F,
  '900': #384A30,
  '950': #232E1E,
);
$brand-base: #eef3ec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#eef3ec", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBE4D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1D4BA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A3BE98", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#84A875", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6F965F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5C7D4F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4A643F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#384A30", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#232E1E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eef3ec · 18.67:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.12:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.67:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eef3ec as text scores 1.12:1 on white and 18.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3A4E31 at 8.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#5C7D4F · 4.67:1
AA on white−54% L
#5C7D4F
The quick fox
#455D3B · 7.29:1
AAA on white−64% L
#455D3B
The quick fox
#eef3ec · 18.67:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eef3ec
The quick fox
#eef3ec · 18.67:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eef3ec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #769E65 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eef3ec on white: 1.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eef3ec on black: 18.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eef3ec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eef3ec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.12:1AaAa
Slate 501.08:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5004.23:1AaAa
Slate 6006.74:1AaAa
Slate 7009.20:1AaAa
Slate 80013.00:1AaAa
Slate 90015.87:1AaAa
Black18.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F4F2EC
deuteranopia · #F3F1EC
tritanopia · #EEF2F1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eef3ec is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F9F6
#eef3ec
#DBE4D7
#C1D4BA
#A3BE98
#84A875
#6F965F
#5C7D4F
#4A643F
#384A30
#232E1E
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F7F9F6Darkest = 950 · #232E1EText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.003 136.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.004 136.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.006 136.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.008 136.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.010 136.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.011 136.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.011 136.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.010 136.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.009 136.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.007 136.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.006 136.6);
}

Colors that work with #eef3ec

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#D2DFCD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#688D59
Captions on the surface
Accent#634884
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3A4E31
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F5EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192216
Dark-mode background
Hover#DAE5D6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C7D7C0
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E8F1E4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eef3ec

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #3A4E31
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #769E65

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight6/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F1ECF3
Analogous left#F1F3EC
Analogous right#ECF3ED
Split-complement 1#EDECF3
Split-complement 2#F3ECF1
Triadic 1#ECEEF3
Triadic 2#F3ECEE
Tetradic#ECF1F3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°103°

#eef3ec sits at 103°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green95.3%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.9%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 10%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eef3ec text on a black background

contrast 18.67:1

Card sample

#eef3ec text on a white background

contrast 1.12:1

Card sample

#eef3ec on grey

1.03:1

#eef3ec on its own surface

1.06:1

#eef3ec on its dark surface

14.56:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eef3ec;
Background color
Panel with #eef3ec background
background-color: #eef3ec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eef3ec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 243, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 243, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eef3ec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eef3ec, #ECF3EF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eef3ec, #ECF3F0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eef3ec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eef3ec;
caret-color: #eef3ec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eef3ec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F5EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eef3ec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eef3ec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eef3ec over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(238, 243, 236, 0.5)
rgb(238 243 236 / 50%)
#eef3ec80
hsl(103 23% 94% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eef3ec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eef3ec1a#FDFEFD
20%#eef3ec33#FCFDFB
40%#eef3ec66#F8FAF7
60%#eef3ec99#F5F8F4
80%#eef3eccc#F1F5F0

Gradients from #eef3ec

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F7F2, #eef3ec 45%, #3A4E31);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eef3ec, #D9E7E0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eef3ec, #F1ECF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F9F6 0%, #eef3ec 45%, #3A4E31 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3A4E31 0%, transparent 65%), #eef3ec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eef3ec

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eef3ec in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.67:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eef3ec, answered

What color is #eef3ec?

#eef3ec is a pale soft green, closest to Mint Cream (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 103° on the hue wheel with 23% saturation and 94% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #eef3ec?

rgb(238, 243, 236) — 238 red, 243 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 95.3% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #eef3ec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(103, 23%, 94%) and hsv(103, 3%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eef3ec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8833 and perceived brightness is 94%, so black text on it reaches 18.67:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eef3ec?

Black. It scores 18.67:1 against #eef3ec, versus 1.12:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eef3ec accessible on a white background?

#eef3ec on white scores 1.12:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5C7D4F to reach 4.5:1, or #455D3B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eef3ec?

#F1ECF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EDECF3 and #F3ECF1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eef3ec?

For interface work: #F7F9F6 as the surface, #D2DFCD for borders, #688D59 for secondary text, #634884 as an accent and #3A4E31 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F1F3EC and #ECF3ED stays calm, while #F1ECF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #eef3ec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 0%, 3%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eef3ec warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1F3EC; nudged cooler, #ECF3EC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eef3ec?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 28.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eef3ec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eef3ec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eef3ec] or text-[#eef3ec], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eef3ec with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 243, 236, 0.5), or #eef3ec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7F9F6; over black, #777A76.

Is #eef3ec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 5.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eef3ec mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #eef3ec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F7F2, #eef3ec 45%, #3A4E31). For more colour, a short hue run to #D9E7E0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eef3ec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eef3ec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.