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#f7faf5

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

Token name suggestion: Frost Jade

RGB
247, 250, 245
HSL
96°, 33%, 97%
CMYK
1, 0, 2, 2
Luminance
0.9474

#f7faf5 is a pale soft green, 96° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (19.95:1). As text it scores 1.05:1 on white — use #587E3F instead. Nearest name is Mint Cream, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(96 33% 97%)rgb(247 250 245)Base step 50AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f7faf5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f7faf5
Hue
96°
green
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
97%
pale
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
97%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9474
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
19.95:1
Closest name
Mint Cream
ΔE2000 3.1
Chroma
2.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.982
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 30.1
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue96° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness97%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f7faf5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% 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%
Green72%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#f7faf5
HEX (8-digit)#f7faf5ff
RGBrgb(247, 250, 245)
RGBArgba(247, 250, 245, 1)
HSLhsl(96, 33%, 97%)
HSV / HSBhsv(96, 2%, 98%)
HWBhwb(96 96% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 2%, 2%)
LABlab(97.9 -1.9 2.0)
LCHlch(97.9 2.8 132.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.982 0.007 132.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(89.02, 94.74, 99.96)
Decimal16251637
Display P3color(display-p3 0.969 0.980 0.961)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f7faf5;
background-color: #f7faf5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f7faf5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f7faf5] bg-[#f7faf5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f7faf5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.969, green: 0.980, blue: 0.961)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.969, green: 0.980, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F7FAF5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF7FAF5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF7FAF5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(245, 250, 247)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(247, 250, 245)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(247, 250, 245)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 247, 250, 245)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9686f, 0.9804f, 0.9608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{247,250,245}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f7faf5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f7faf5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3C552B, #DEEBD6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f7faf5 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: #f7faf5;
  --brand-100: #EFF4EC;
  --brand-200: #DCE8D4;
  --brand-300: #C3DAB4;
  --brand-400: #A5C78F;
  --brand-500: #87B469;
  --brand-600: #72A352;
  --brand-700: #5F8844;
  --brand-800: #4C6D36;
  --brand-900: #39502A;
  --brand-950: #24321B;
  --brand: #f7faf5;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF5;
  --brand-border: #D3E4C9;
  --brand-hover: #E4EEDD;
  --brand-pressed: #D1E2C6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DEEBD6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#f7faf5',
        100: '#EFF4EC',
        200: '#DCE8D4',
        300: '#C3DAB4',
        400: '#A5C78F',
        500: '#87B469',
        600: '#72A352',
        700: '#5F8844',
        800: '#4C6D36',
        900: '#39502A',
        950: '#24321B',
        DEFAULT: '#f7faf5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #f7faf5,
  '100': #EFF4EC,
  '200': #DCE8D4,
  '300': #C3DAB4,
  '400': #A5C78F,
  '500': #87B469,
  '600': #72A352,
  '700': #5F8844,
  '800': #4C6D36,
  '900': #39502A,
  '950': #24321B,
);
$brand-base: #f7faf5;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#f7faf5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFF4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DCE8D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C3DAB4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A5C78F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#87B469", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#72A352", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5F8844", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4C6D36", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#39502A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#24321B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f7faf5 · 19.95:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.05:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f7faf5 as text scores 1.05:1 on white and 19.95:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3C552B at 7.90:1.

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
#587E3F · 4.70:1
AA on white−60% L
#587E3F
The quick fox
#436030 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−69% L
#436030
The quick fox
#f7faf5 · 19.95:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f7faf5
The quick fox
#f7faf5 · 19.95:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f7faf5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #70A050 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
#f7faf5 on white: 1.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f7faf5 on black: 19.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f7faf5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f7faf5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.05:1AaAa
Slate 501.01:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.41:1AaAa
Slate 4002.44:1AaAa
Slate 5004.52:1AaAa
Slate 6007.20:1AaAa
Slate 7009.84:1AaAa
Slate 80013.90:1AaAa
Slate 90016.96:1AaAa
Black19.95:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FBF9F5
deuteranopia · #FAF9F5
tritanopia · #F7FAF8

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. #f7faf5 is pinned to step 50; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#f7faf5
#EFF4EC
#DCE8D4
#C3DAB4
#A5C78F
#87B469
#72A352
#5F8844
#4C6D36
#39502A
#24321B
Base = 50Lightest = 50 · #f7faf5Darkest = 950 · #24321BText step on white = 800
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 0.002 132.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.003 132.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.004 132.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.006 132.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.007 132.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.007 132.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.007 132.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.007 132.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.006 132.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.005 132.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.004 132.4);
}

Colors that work with #f7faf5

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#F7FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#D3E4C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6B994D
Captions on the surface
Accent#5F4488
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3C552B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E4EEDD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D1E2C6
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E9F3E2
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 #f7faf5

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 #3C552B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #70A050

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
  • Weight3/100
  • 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#F8F5FA
Analogous left#FAFAF5
Analogous right#F5FAF6
Split-complement 1#F6F5FA
Split-complement 2#FAF5FA
Triadic 1#F5F7FA
Triadic 2#FAF5F7
Tetradic#F5FAFA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°96°

#f7faf5 sits at 96°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.9%
Green98.0%
Blue96.1%
R · 0–255
247
0xf7
G · 0–255
250
0xfa
B · 0–255
245
0xf5

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.0%
Key (black)2.0%

Total ink coverage is 5%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f7faf5 text on a black background

contrast 19.95:1

Card sample

#f7faf5 text on a white background

contrast 1.05:1

Card sample

#f7faf5 on grey

1.04:1

#f7faf5 on its own surface

1.00:1

#f7faf5 on its dark surface

15.27:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f7faf5;
Background color
Panel with #f7faf5 background
background-color: #f7faf5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f7faf5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(247, 250, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(247, 250, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f7faf5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7faf5, #F5FAF6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7faf5, #F5FAF8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f7faf5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f7faf5;
caret-color: #f7faf5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f7faf5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f7faf5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f7faf5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f7faf5 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(247, 250, 245, 0.5)
rgb(247 250 245 / 50%)
#f7faf580
hsl(96 33% 97% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f7faf5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f7faf51a#FEFFFE
20%#f7faf533#FDFEFD
40%#f7faf566#FCFDFB
60%#f7faf599#FAFCF9
80%#f7faf5cc#F9FBF7

Gradients from #f7faf5

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, #F4F8F1, #f7faf5 45%, #3C552B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f7faf5, #E1F0E6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7faf5, #F8F5FA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7FAF5 0%, #f7faf5 45%, #3C552B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF5, #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%, #3C552B 0%, transparent 65%), #f7faf5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f7faf5

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.

#f7faf5 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 19.95:1.

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.

#f7faf5, answered

What color is #f7faf5?

#f7faf5 is a pale soft green, closest to Mint Cream (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 96° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 97% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f7faf5?

rgb(247, 250, 245) — 247 red, 250 green and 245 blue out of 255, or 96.9% / 98% / 96.1% by channel.

What is #f7faf5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(96, 33%, 97%) and hsv(96, 2%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f7faf5 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9474 and perceived brightness is 97%, so black text on it reaches 19.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f7faf5?

Black. It scores 19.95:1 against #f7faf5, versus 1.05:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f7faf5 accessible on a white background?

#f7faf5 on white scores 1.05:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #587E3F to reach 4.5:1, or #436030 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f7faf5?

#F8F5FA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F6F5FA and #FAF5FA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f7faf5?

For interface work: #F7FAF5 as the surface, #D3E4C9 for borders, #6B994D for secondary text, #5F4488 as an accent and #3C552B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FAFAF5 and #F5FAF6 stays calm, while #F8F5FA is the loudest partner.

What is #f7faf5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 0%, 2%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f7faf5 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F9FAF5; nudged cooler, #F5FAF5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f7faf5?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 30.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f7faf5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f7faf5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f7faf5] or text-[#f7faf5], 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 #f7faf5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(247, 250, 245, 0.5), or #f7faf580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBFDFA; over black, #7C7D7B.

Is #f7faf5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f7faf5 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 #f7faf5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F8F1, #f7faf5 45%, #3C552B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E1F0E6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f7faf5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f7faf5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.