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#e9efe7

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Basil

RGB
233, 239, 231
HSL
105°, 20%, 92%
CMYK
3, 0, 3, 6
Luminance
0.8483

#e9efe7 is a pale soft green, 105° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.97:1). As text it scores 1.17:1 on white — use #5F7E54 instead. Nearest name is Mint Cream, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(105 20% 92%)rgb(233 239 231)Base step 100AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e9efe7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e9efe7
Hue
105°
green
Saturation
20%
soft
Lightness
92%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8483
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
17.97:1
Closest name
Mint Cream
ΔE2000 3.7
Chroma
4.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.945
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 28
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue105° of 360°
Saturation20%
Lightness92%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e9efe7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red20%
Green73%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#e9efe7
HEX (8-digit)#e9efe7ff
RGBrgb(233, 239, 231)
RGBArgba(233, 239, 231, 1)
HSLhsl(105, 20%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 3%, 94%)
HWBhwb(105 91% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 3%, 6%)
LABlab(93.8 -3.4 3.2)
LCHlch(93.8 4.7 137.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.945 0.012 137.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(78.89, 84.83, 87.80)
Decimal15331303
Display P3color(display-p3 0.914 0.937 0.906)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e9efe7;
background-color: #e9efe7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e9efe7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e9efe7] bg-[#e9efe7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e9efe7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.914, green: 0.937, blue: 0.906)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.914, green: 0.937, blue: 0.906, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E9EFE7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE9EFE7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE9EFE7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(231, 239, 233)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(233, 239, 231)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(233, 239, 231)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 233, 239, 231)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9137f, 0.9373f, 0.9059f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{233,239,231}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e9efe7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e9efe7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#394D33, #DDE7DA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e9efe7 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: #e9efe7;
  --brand-200: #DBE4D8;
  --brand-300: #C1D2BC;
  --brand-400: #A2BC9A;
  --brand-500: #84A578;
  --brand-600: #6E9362;
  --brand-700: #5C7A52;
  --brand-800: #496241;
  --brand-900: #384832;
  --brand-950: #232D1F;
  --brand: #e9efe7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D2DECE;
  --brand-hover: #D5E1D2;
  --brand-pressed: #C2D3BC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192216;
    --brand-ink: #DDE7DA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F9F6',
        100: '#e9efe7',
        200: '#DBE4D8',
        300: '#C1D2BC',
        400: '#A2BC9A',
        500: '#84A578',
        600: '#6E9362',
        700: '#5C7A52',
        800: '#496241',
        900: '#384832',
        950: '#232D1F',
        DEFAULT: '#e9efe7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F9F6,
  '100': #e9efe7,
  '200': #DBE4D8,
  '300': #C1D2BC,
  '400': #A2BC9A,
  '500': #84A578,
  '600': #6E9362,
  '700': #5C7A52,
  '800': #496241,
  '900': #384832,
  '950': #232D1F,
);
$brand-base: #e9efe7;
$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": "#e9efe7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBE4D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1D2BC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A2BC9A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#84A578", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6E9362", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5C7A52", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#496241", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#384832", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#232D1F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e9efe7 · 17.97:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e9efe7 as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 17.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #394D33 at 7.87:1.

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
#5F7E54 · 4.57:1
AA on white−51% L
#5F7E54
The quick fox
#485F40 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−61% L
#485F40
The quick fox
#e9efe7 · 17.97:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e9efe7
The quick fox
#e9efe7 · 17.97:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e9efe7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #799D6D 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
#e9efe7 on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e9efe7 on black: 17.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e9efe7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e9efe7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.17:1AaAa
Slate 501.12:1AaAa
Slate 1001.07:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.27:1AaAa
Slate 4002.19:1AaAa
Slate 5004.07:1AaAa
Slate 6006.48:1AaAa
Slate 7008.86:1AaAa
Slate 80012.51:1AaAa
Slate 90015.27:1AaAa
Black17.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F0EEE7
deuteranopia · #EFEDE7
tritanopia · #E9EEED

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. #e9efe7 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
#e9efe7
#DBE4D8
#C1D2BC
#A2BC9A
#84A578
#6E9362
#5C7A52
#496241
#384832
#232D1F
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F7F9F6Darkest = 950 · #232D1FText 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 0.003 137.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.005 137.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.007 137.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.010 137.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.011 137.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.012 137.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.012 137.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.012 137.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.010 137.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.009 137.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.007 137.8);
}

Colors that work with #e9efe7

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#D2DECE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#678A5C
Captions on the surface
Accent#664D80
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#394D33
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192216
Dark-mode background
Hover#D5E1D2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C2D3BC
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 #e9efe7

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 #394D33
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #799D6D

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
  • Weight8/100
  • 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#EDE7EF
Analogous left#EDEFE7
Analogous right#E7EFE9
Split-complement 1#E9E7EF
Split-complement 2#EFE7ED
Triadic 1#E7E9EF
Triadic 2#EFE7E9
Tetradic#E7EDEF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°105°

#e9efe7 sits at 105°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.4%
Green93.7%
Blue90.6%
R · 0–255
233
0xe9
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
231
0xe7

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow3.3%
Key (black)6.3%

Total ink coverage is 12%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e9efe7 text on a black background

contrast 17.97:1

Card sample

#e9efe7 text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

#e9efe7 on grey

1.07:1

#e9efe7 on its own surface

1.10:1

#e9efe7 on its dark surface

14.02:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e9efe7;
Background color
Panel with #e9efe7 background
background-color: #e9efe7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e9efe7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(233, 239, 231, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(233, 239, 231, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e9efe7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9efe7, #E7EFEA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e9efe7, #E7EFEC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e9efe7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e9efe7;
caret-color: #e9efe7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e9efe7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e9efe7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e9efe7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e9efe7 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(233, 239, 231, 0.5)
rgb(233 239 231 / 50%)
#e9efe780
hsl(105 20% 92% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e9efe7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e9efe71a#FDFDFD
20%#e9efe733#FBFCFA
40%#e9efe766#F6F9F5
60%#e9efe799#F2F5F1
80%#e9efe7cc#EDF2EC

Gradients from #e9efe7

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, #F4F7F3, #e9efe7 45%, #394D33);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e9efe7, #D5E3DC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e9efe7, #EDE7EF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F9F6 0%, #e9efe7 45%, #394D33 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%, #F9FBFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #394D33 0%, transparent 65%), #e9efe7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e9efe7

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.

#e9efe7 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

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.97:1.

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.

#e9efe7, answered

What color is #e9efe7?

#e9efe7 is a pale soft green, closest to Mint Cream (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 105° on the hue wheel with 20% saturation and 92% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #e9efe7?

rgb(233, 239, 231) — 233 red, 239 green and 231 blue out of 255, or 91.4% / 93.7% / 90.6% by channel.

What is #e9efe7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(105, 20%, 92%) and hsv(105, 3%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e9efe7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8483 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 17.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e9efe7?

Black. It scores 17.97:1 against #e9efe7, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e9efe7 accessible on a white background?

#e9efe7 on white scores 1.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5F7E54 to reach 4.5:1, or #485F40 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e9efe7?

#EDE7EF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E9E7EF and #EFE7ED, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e9efe7?

For interface work: #F7F9F6 as the surface, #D2DECE for borders, #678A5C for secondary text, #664D80 as an accent and #394D33 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EDEFE7 and #E7EFE9 stays calm, while #EDE7EF is the loudest partner.

What is #e9efe7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 0%, 3%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e9efe7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECEFE7; nudged cooler, #E7EFE8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e9efe7?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 28 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e9efe7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e9efe7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e9efe7] or text-[#e9efe7], 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 #e9efe7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(233, 239, 231, 0.5), or #e9efe780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F4F7F3; over black, #757874.

Is #e9efe7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 6.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e9efe7 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 #e9efe7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F7F3, #e9efe7 45%, #394D33). For more colour, a short hue run to #D5E3DC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e9efe7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e9efe7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.