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#edf1eb

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Moss

RGB
237, 241, 235
HSL
100°, 18%, 93%
CMYK
2, 0, 3, 6
Luminance
0.8691

#edf1eb is a pale soft green, 100° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.38:1). As text it scores 1.14:1 on white — use #637C57 instead. Nearest name is Mint Cream, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(100 18% 93%)rgb(237 241 235)Base step 100AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #edf1eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#edf1eb
Hue
100°
green
Saturation
18%
soft
Lightness
93%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
94%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8691
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
18.38:1
Closest name
Mint Cream
ΔE2000 3.6
Chroma
3.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.953
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 28.9
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue100° of 360°
Saturation18%
Lightness93%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #edf1eb.

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#edf1eb
HEX (8-digit)#edf1ebff
RGBrgb(237, 241, 235)
RGBArgba(237, 241, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(100, 18%, 93%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 2%, 95%)
HWBhwb(100 92% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 3%, 6%)
LABlab(94.7 -2.4 2.4)
LCHlch(94.7 3.4 134.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.953 0.009 134.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(81.37, 86.91, 91.07)
Decimal15593963
Display P3color(display-p3 0.929 0.945 0.922)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #edf1eb;
background-color: #edf1eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #edf1eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#edf1eb] bg-[#edf1eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #edf1eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.929, green: 0.945, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.945, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EDF1EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEDF1EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEDF1EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 241, 237)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(237, 241, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(237, 241, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 237, 241, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9294f, 0.9451f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{237,241,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #edf1eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #edf1eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3C4B35, #DFE6DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #edf1eb 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: #F7F8F6;
  --brand-100: #edf1eb;
  --brand-200: #DCE3D9;
  --brand-300: #C4D1BD;
  --brand-400: #A6BA9C;
  --brand-500: #88A37B;
  --brand-600: #739065;
  --brand-700: #607854;
  --brand-800: #4D6043;
  --brand-900: #3A4733;
  --brand-950: #242C20;
  --brand: #edf1eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D4DDCF;
  --brand-hover: #DAE2D6;
  --brand-pressed: #C7D4C1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2117;
    --brand-ink: #DFE6DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F8F6',
        100: '#edf1eb',
        200: '#DCE3D9',
        300: '#C4D1BD',
        400: '#A6BA9C',
        500: '#88A37B',
        600: '#739065',
        700: '#607854',
        800: '#4D6043',
        900: '#3A4733',
        950: '#242C20',
        DEFAULT: '#edf1eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F8F6,
  '100': #edf1eb,
  '200': #DCE3D9,
  '300': #C4D1BD,
  '400': #A6BA9C,
  '500': #88A37B,
  '600': #739065,
  '700': #607854,
  '800': #4D6043,
  '900': #3A4733,
  '950': #242C20,
);
$brand-base: #edf1eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F8F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#edf1eb", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DCE3D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C4D1BD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A6BA9C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#88A37B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#739065", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#607854", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4D6043", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3A4733", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#242C20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #edf1eb · 18.38:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.14:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #edf1eb as text scores 1.14:1 on white and 18.38:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3C4B35 at 8.17:1.

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
#637C57 · 4.61:1
AA on white−52% L
#637C57
The quick fox
#4B5E42 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−62% L
#4B5E42
The quick fox
#edf1eb · 18.38:1
AA on blackalready passes
#edf1eb
The quick fox
#edf1eb · 18.38:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#edf1eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #819D73 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
#edf1eb on white: 1.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#edf1eb on black: 18.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #edf1eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #edf1eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.14:1AaAa
Slate 501.09:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4002.24:1AaAa
Slate 5004.17:1AaAa
Slate 6006.63:1AaAa
Slate 7009.06:1AaAa
Slate 80012.81:1AaAa
Slate 90015.63:1AaAa
Black18.38:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F2F0EB
deuteranopia · #F1F0EB
tritanopia · #EDF0EF

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. #edf1eb 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.

#F7F8F6
#edf1eb
#DCE3D9
#C4D1BD
#A6BA9C
#88A37B
#739065
#607854
#4D6043
#3A4733
#242C20
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F7F8F6Darkest = 950 · #242C20Text 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 0.002 134.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.004 134.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.005 134.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.007 134.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.008 134.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.009 134.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.009 134.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.008 134.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.008 134.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.006 134.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.005 134.9);
}

Colors that work with #edf1eb

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#D4DDCF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6C875F
Captions on the surface
Accent#604E7E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3C4B35
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F4F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2117
Dark-mode background
Hover#DAE2D6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C7D4C1
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E9F0E5
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 #edf1eb

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 #3C4B35
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #819D73

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
  • Weight7/100
  • 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#EFEBF1
Analogous left#F0F1EB
Analogous right#EBF1EC
Split-complement 1#ECEBF1
Split-complement 2#F1EBF0
Triadic 1#EBEDF1
Triadic 2#F1EBED
Tetradic#EBF0F1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°100°

#edf1eb sits at 100°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.9%
Green94.5%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
237
0xed
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.5%
Key (black)5.5%

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

Color previews

#edf1eb text on a black background

contrast 18.38:1

Card sample

#edf1eb text on a white background

contrast 1.14:1

Card sample

#edf1eb on grey

1.04:1

#edf1eb on its own surface

1.08:1

#edf1eb on its dark surface

14.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #edf1eb;
Background color
Panel with #edf1eb background
background-color: #edf1eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #edf1eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(237, 241, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(237, 241, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #edf1eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edf1eb, #EBF1ED);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #edf1eb, #EBF1EE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #edf1eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #edf1eb;
caret-color: #edf1eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #edf1eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F4F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #edf1eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#edf1eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #edf1eb 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(237, 241, 235, 0.5)
rgb(237 241 235 / 50%)
#edf1eb80
hsl(100 18% 93% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #edf1eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#edf1eb1a#FDFEFD
20%#edf1eb33#FBFCFB
40%#edf1eb66#F8F9F7
60%#edf1eb99#F4F7F3
80%#edf1ebcc#F1F4EF

Gradients from #edf1eb

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, #edf1eb 45%, #3C4B35);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #edf1eb, #D9E4DE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #edf1eb, #EFEBF1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F9F6 0%, #edf1eb 45%, #3C4B35 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%, #FDFEFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3C4B35 0%, transparent 65%), #edf1eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #edf1eb

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.

#edf1eb 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 18.38:1.

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.

#edf1eb, answered

What color is #edf1eb?

#edf1eb is a pale soft green, closest to Mint Cream (ΔE2000 3.6). It sits at 100° on the hue wheel with 18% saturation and 93% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #edf1eb?

rgb(237, 241, 235) — 237 red, 241 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 92.9% / 94.5% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #edf1eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(100, 18%, 93%) and hsv(100, 2%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #edf1eb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8691 and perceived brightness is 94%, so black text on it reaches 18.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #edf1eb?

Black. It scores 18.38:1 against #edf1eb, versus 1.14:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #edf1eb accessible on a white background?

#edf1eb on white scores 1.14:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #637C57 to reach 4.5:1, or #4B5E42 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #edf1eb?

#EFEBF1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ECEBF1 and #F1EBF0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #edf1eb?

For interface work: #F7F9F6 as the surface, #D4DDCF for borders, #6C875F for secondary text, #604E7E as an accent and #3C4B35 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F0F1EB and #EBF1EC stays calm, while #EFEBF1 is the loudest partner.

What is #edf1eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 0%, 3%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #edf1eb 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 #EFF1EB; nudged cooler, #EBF1EB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #edf1eb?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 28.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #edf1eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #edf1eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#edf1eb] or text-[#edf1eb], 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 #edf1eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(237, 241, 235, 0.5), or #edf1eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6F8F5; over black, #777976.

Is #edf1eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #edf1eb 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 #edf1eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4F7F3, #edf1eb 45%, #3C4B35). For more colour, a short hue run to #D9E4DE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #edf1eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #edf1eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.