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#eaf5ec

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

Token name suggestion: Whisper Moss

RGB
234, 245, 236
HSL
131°, 36%, 94%
CMYK
5, 0, 4, 4
Luminance
0.8885

#eaf5ec is a pale soft green, 131° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.77:1). As text it scores 1.12:1 on white — use #3E834B instead. Nearest name is Mint Cream, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(131 36% 94%)rgb(234 245 236)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eaf5ec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eaf5ec
Hue
131°
green
Saturation
36%
soft
Lightness
94%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
94%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8885
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
18.77:1
Closest name
Mint Cream
ΔE2000 2.9
Chroma
6.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.959
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 27.5
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue131° of 360°
Saturation36%
Lightness94%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eaf5ec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. 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#eaf5ec
HEX (8-digit)#eaf5ecff
RGBrgb(234, 245, 236)
RGBArgba(234, 245, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(131, 36%, 94%)
HSV / HSBhsv(131, 4%, 96%)
HWBhwb(131 92% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(5%, 0%, 4%, 4%)
LABlab(95.5 -5.2 3.1)
LCHlch(95.5 6.1 149.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.959 0.017 151.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(81.72, 88.85, 92.19)
Decimal15398380
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.961 0.925)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eaf5ec;
background-color: #eaf5ec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eaf5ec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eaf5ec] bg-[#eaf5ec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eaf5ec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.961, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.961, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAF5EC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAF5EC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAF5EC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 245, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 245, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 245, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 245, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.9608f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,245,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf5ec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf5ec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#295631, #D6EBD9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eaf5ec 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: #F5F9F6;
  --brand-100: #eaf5ec;
  --brand-200: #D3E8D7;
  --brand-300: #B3DBBA;
  --brand-400: #8DC998;
  --brand-500: #67B775;
  --brand-600: #4FA65F;
  --brand-700: #428A4F;
  --brand-800: #356F3F;
  --brand-900: #295130;
  --brand-950: #1A331E;
  --brand: #eaf5ec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C8E5CD;
  --brand-hover: #D2E9D6;
  --brand-pressed: #BADEC0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142417;
    --brand-ink: #D6EBD9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F6',
        100: '#eaf5ec',
        200: '#D3E8D7',
        300: '#B3DBBA',
        400: '#8DC998',
        500: '#67B775',
        600: '#4FA65F',
        700: '#428A4F',
        800: '#356F3F',
        900: '#295130',
        950: '#1A331E',
        DEFAULT: '#eaf5ec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F6,
  '100': #eaf5ec,
  '200': #D3E8D7,
  '300': #B3DBBA,
  '400': #8DC998,
  '500': #67B775,
  '600': #4FA65F,
  '700': #428A4F,
  '800': #356F3F,
  '900': #295130,
  '950': #1A331E,
);
$brand-base: #eaf5ec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#eaf5ec", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E8D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B3DBBA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8DC998", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#67B775", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4FA65F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#428A4F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#356F3F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#295130", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A331E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eaf5ec · 18.77:1
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 · 18.77:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eaf5ec as text scores 1.12:1 on white and 18.77:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #295631 at 7.60:1.

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
#3E834B · 4.61:1
AA on white−56% L
#3E834B
The quick fox
#2E6037 · 7.38:1
AAA on white−66% L
#2E6037
The quick fox
#eaf5ec · 18.77:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eaf5ec
The quick fox
#eaf5ec · 18.77:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eaf5ec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4FA65F 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
#eaf5ec on white: 1.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eaf5ec on black: 18.77:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eaf5ec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eaf5ec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.12:1AaAa
Slate 501.07:1AaAa
Slate 1001.02:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.33:1AaAa
Slate 4002.29:1AaAa
Slate 5004.25:1AaAa
Slate 6006.77:1AaAa
Slate 7009.26:1AaAa
Slate 80013.08:1AaAa
Slate 90015.96:1AaAa
Black18.77:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F5F3EC
deuteranopia · #F3F2EC
tritanopia · #E9F5F2

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. #eaf5ec 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.

#F5F9F6
#eaf5ec
#D3E8D7
#B3DBBA
#8DC998
#67B775
#4FA65F
#428A4F
#356F3F
#295130
#1A331E
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1A331EText 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 0.004 151.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.007 151.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.010 151.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.013 151.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.015 151.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.017 151.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.017 151.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.016 151.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.014 151.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.012 151.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.009 151.1);
}

Colors that work with #eaf5ec

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#F5FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C8E5CD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B59
Captions on the surface
Accent#8A3B91
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#295631
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142417
Dark-mode background
Hover#D2E9D6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BADEC0
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E1F4E5
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 #eaf5ec

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 #295631
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4FA65F

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
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

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#F5EAF3
Analogous left#EDF5EA
Analogous right#EAF5F1
Split-complement 1#F1EAF5
Split-complement 2#F5EAED
Triadic 1#ECEAF5
Triadic 2#F5ECEA
Tetradic#EAEDF5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°131°

#eaf5ec sits at 131°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green96.1%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
245
0xf5
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow3.7%
Key (black)3.9%

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

Color previews

#eaf5ec text on a black background

contrast 18.77:1

Card sample

#eaf5ec text on a white background

contrast 1.12:1

Card sample

#eaf5ec on grey

1.02:1

#eaf5ec on its own surface

1.06:1

#eaf5ec on its dark surface

14.50:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eaf5ec;
Background color
Panel with #eaf5ec background
background-color: #eaf5ec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eaf5ec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 245, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 245, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eaf5ec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaf5ec, #EAF5F3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf5ec, #EAF4F5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eaf5ec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eaf5ec;
caret-color: #eaf5ec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eaf5ec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eaf5ec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eaf5ec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eaf5ec 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(234, 245, 236, 0.5)
rgb(234 245 236 / 50%)
#eaf5ec80
hsl(131 36% 94% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eaf5ec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eaf5ec1a#FDFEFD
20%#eaf5ec33#FBFDFB
40%#eaf5ec66#F7FBF7
60%#eaf5ec99#F2F9F4
80%#eaf5eccc#EEF7F0

Gradients from #eaf5ec

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, #F1F8F2, #eaf5ec 45%, #295631);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eaf5ec, #D5EBEA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf5ec, #F5EAF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FAF6 0%, #eaf5ec 45%, #295631 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF6, #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%, #295631 0%, transparent 65%), #eaf5ec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eaf5ec

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.

#eaf5ec 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 18.77:1.

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.

#eaf5ec, answered

What color is #eaf5ec?

#eaf5ec is a pale soft green, closest to Mint Cream (ΔE2000 2.9). It sits at 131° on the hue wheel with 36% saturation and 94% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #eaf5ec?

rgb(234, 245, 236) — 234 red, 245 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 96.1% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #eaf5ec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(131, 36%, 94%) and hsv(131, 4%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eaf5ec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8885 and perceived brightness is 94%, so black text on it reaches 18.77:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eaf5ec?

Black. It scores 18.77:1 against #eaf5ec, versus 1.12:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eaf5ec accessible on a white background?

#eaf5ec on white scores 1.12:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3E834B to reach 4.5:1, or #2E6037 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eaf5ec?

#F5EAF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F1EAF5 and #F5EAED, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eaf5ec?

For interface work: #F5FAF6 as the surface, #C8E5CD for borders, #4B9B59 for secondary text, #8A3B91 as an accent and #295631 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EDF5EA and #EAF5F1 stays calm, while #F5EAF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #eaf5ec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(5%, 0%, 4%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eaf5ec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECF5EA; nudged cooler, #EAF5F0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eaf5ec?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 27.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eaf5ec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eaf5ec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eaf5ec] or text-[#eaf5ec], 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 #eaf5ec with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 245, 236, 0.5), or #eaf5ec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5FAF6; over black, #757B76.

Is #eaf5ec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 7.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eaf5ec 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 #eaf5ec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1F8F2, #eaf5ec 45%, #295631). For more colour, a short hue run to #D5EBEA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eaf5ec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eaf5ec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.