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Chartreuse Mist Soft
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Chartreuse Mist Soft

Lime · Hue 75
Metrics
S 34% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.2:1Failon black17.8:1AA
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About this color

Chartreuse Mist Soft (#EAEEDD) belongs to the lime family — hue 75°, 34% saturation, 90% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-mist-soft: #EAEEDD;
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-mist-soft-hsl: hsl(75, 34%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-chartreuse-mist-soft-rgb: rgb(234, 238, 221);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

FreshNaturalInvigorating
Common in

Juice & Smoothie Brands · Eco Products · Fitness

Pairs well with

White for cleanliness, soft pink for playful contrast

Design tip

Use for wellness and eco-friendly brands. Light lime as a background creates an airy, energizing feel.

Cultural context ▶

Light lime represents freshness, vitality, and new growth. Common in spring-themed and health-focused design.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — was often mixed by painters, for example verdigris combined with lead-tin yellow or yellow ochre. Synthetic pigments of the 19th and 20th centuries made saturated lime far easier to mix, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.

Across cultures

In Japan, moegi — the yellow-green of young leaves sprouting in spring — is a traditional color that falls within lime. In American pop culture, fluorescent Day-Glo pigments, popularized by 1960s psychedelic art, made neon brights like lime part of the visual vocabulary. In sportswear lime carries 'high-visibility' connotations (running gear, safety vests) that have lately come back into fashion as a deliberate aesthetic.

In the wild

Tennis balls turned lime-yellow ('optic yellow') after 1972, when the ITF adopted them as easier to see on color TV; Wimbledon kept white balls until 1986. Xbox's brand palette includes a light green that sits at the lime end, though Spotify's green and the main Xbox green are true greens. BP's Helios mark mixes green with yellow. Mountain Dew's drink is a vivid chartreuse. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is green-on-black — the choice was originally about the look of phosphor CRT terminals.

How it reads

Lime is the youngest-feeling green: it reads as fresh, citric, energetic, and slightly synthetic. At low saturation it becomes olive or moss, both heavily associated with craft, sustainability, and slow design. At high saturation it reads as sport, beverage, or technology. Lime is one of the harder hues to use as a primary brand color without trending toward 'energy drink' — many brands therefore use it as an accent against deep neutrals.

This particular tone

A bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is a common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #EAEEDD.

  • Anthropicbackground
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #EAEEDD.

  • Turkey (Istanbul)Marble White
    #F0EBE0 · Marmara marble, used since Roman era
    →
  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • JapanWashi Cream (和紙)
    #F4ECD8 · Unbleached mulberry-fiber paper
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

AccessibilityColor Accessibility: Building Inclusive Palettes That Meet WCAG StandardsDesign SystemsHow to Build a Tints and Shades Color Scale for Any Brand ColorColor PsychologyColor Psychology in Product Design: Evidence-Based Principles for UI and Brand

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Chartreuse Whisper Soft
#F2F5EA · hsl(75, 34%, 94%)
Darker companion
Chartreuse Pearl Soft
#DDE4C8 · hsl(75, 34%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Violet Mist Soft
#E0DDEE · hsl(250, 34%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Moss Mist Soft
#E3EEDD · hsl(100, 34%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Amber Mist Soft
#EEEBDD · hsl(50, 34%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Cerulean Mist Soft
#DDEBEE · hsl(190, 34%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Peony Mist Soft
#EEDDEB · hsl(310, 34%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Cobalt Mist Soft
#DDE3EE · hsl(220, 34%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Mulberry Mist Soft
#E8DDEE · hsl(280, 34%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Chartreuse Mist Soft #EAEEDD
Lighter companion: Chartreuse Whisper Soft #F2F5EA
Darker companion: Chartreuse Pearl Soft #DDE4C8
Complementary counterpoint: Violet Mist Soft #E0DDEE
Analogous lead: Moss Mist Soft #E3EEDD
Analogous echo: Amber Mist Soft #EEEBDD
Triadic +120°: Cerulean Mist Soft #DDEBEE
Triadic +240°: Peony Mist Soft #EEDDEB
Split-comp +150°: Cobalt Mist Soft #DDE3EE
Split-comp +210°: Mulberry Mist Soft #E8DDEE

Compare

See how Chartreuse Mist Soft compares side by side with related colors.

vsChartreuse Whisper SoftvsChartreuse Pearl SoftvsViolet Mist SoftvsMoss Mist SoftvsAmber Mist SoftvsCerulean Mist Soft

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Chartreuse Whisper Soft
#F2F5EA · hsl(75, 34%, 94%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Mist Dust
#E9ECDF · hsl(75, 26%, 90%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Pearl Soft
#DDE4C8 · hsl(75, 34%, 84%)
Nearby match
Honey Mist Soft
#EBEEDD · hsl(70, 34%, 90%)
Nearby match
Olive Mist Soft
#E8EEDD · hsl(80, 34%, 90%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Veil Soft
#FBFCF8 · hsl(75, 34%, 98%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.5:1
Violet Core Vivid
#3E20D5
AAA7.6:1
Violet Core Bright
#3614E1
AAA7.5:1
Violet Core Pure
#2F0AEB
AAA7.9:1
Violet Velvet Clear
#4531A5
AAA8.7:1
Violet Velvet Vivid
#361CBA
AAA8.9:1
Violet Velvet Bright
#2F11C5

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#ECEBE2
Protanopia
#ECECE1
Tritanopia
#EAE5E5
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Chartreuse Mist Faint#E7E8E3 · hsl(75, 10%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Muted#E8EAE1 · hsl(75, 18%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Dust#E9ECDF · hsl(75, 26%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Soft#EAEEDD · hsl(75, 34%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Clear#ECF3D8 · hsl(75, 54%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Vivid#EFF8D3 · hsl(75, 74%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Bright#F0FBD0 · hsl(75, 84%, 90%)Chartreuse Mist Pure#F1FDCE · hsl(75, 92%, 90%)
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