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Emerald Mist Pure
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Emerald Mist Pure

Green · Hue 120
Metrics
S 92% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.1:1Failon black18.6:1AA
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About this color

Emerald Mist Pure (#CEFDCE) belongs to the green family — hue 120°, 92% 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-emerald-mist-pure: #CEFDCE;
  --colorarchive-emerald-mist-pure-hsl: hsl(120, 92%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-emerald-mist-pure-rgb: rgb(206, 253, 206);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

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: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

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

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →

Cultures using a similar color

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

  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • Turkey (Istanbul)Marble White
    #F0EBE0 · Marmara marble, used since Roman era
    →
  • MoroccoAtlas White
    #F2EAD3 · Lime-washed walls
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using green and color in design.

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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
Emerald Whisper Pure
#E2FEE2 · hsl(120, 92%, 94%)
Darker companion
Emerald Pearl Pure
#B1FCB1 · hsl(120, 92%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Fuchsia Mist Pure
#FDCEFD · hsl(300, 92%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Celadon Mist Pure
#CEFDE2 · hsl(145, 92%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Moss Mist Pure
#DEFDCE · hsl(100, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Iris Mist Pure
#CECEFD · hsl(240, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Crimson Mist Pure
#FDCECE · hsl(0, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Plum Mist Pure
#E5CEFD · hsl(270, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Blush Mist Pure
#FDCEE6 · hsl(330, 92%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Emerald Mist Pure #CEFDCE
Lighter companion: Emerald Whisper Pure #E2FEE2
Darker companion: Emerald Pearl Pure #B1FCB1
Complementary counterpoint: Fuchsia Mist Pure #FDCEFD
Analogous lead: Celadon Mist Pure #CEFDE2
Analogous echo: Moss Mist Pure #DEFDCE
Triadic +120°: Iris Mist Pure #CECEFD
Triadic +240°: Crimson Mist Pure #FDCECE
Split-comp +150°: Plum Mist Pure #E5CEFD
Split-comp +210°: Blush Mist Pure #FDCEE6

Compare

See how Emerald Mist Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsEmerald Whisper PurevsEmerald Pearl PurevsFuchsia Mist PurevsCeladon Mist PurevsMoss Mist PurevsIris Mist Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Emerald Whisper Pure
#E2FEE2 · hsl(120, 92%, 94%)
Nearby match
Emerald Mist Bright
#D0FBD0 · hsl(120, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Emerald Pearl Pure
#B1FCB1 · hsl(120, 92%, 84%)
Nearby match
Clover Mist Pure
#D2FDCE · hsl(115, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Emerald Veil Pure
#F5FFF5 · hsl(120, 92%, 98%)
Nearby match
Emerald Whisper Bright
#E3FDE3 · hsl(120, 84%, 94%)

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
AAA7:1
Fuchsia Dusk Muted
#664766
AAA7.1:1
Fuchsia Dusk Dust
#6D406D
AAA7.2:1
Fuchsia Dusk Soft
#743974
AAA7:1
Fuchsia Dusk Clear
#862886
AAA8.5:1
Fuchsia Shadow Faint
#4F404F
AAA8.7:1
Fuchsia Shadow Muted
#543B54

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E1DDDD
Protanopia
#E4E4DB
Tritanopia
#D1E4E6
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Emerald Mist Faint#E3E8E3 · hsl(120, 10%, 90%)Emerald Mist Muted#E1EAE1 · hsl(120, 18%, 90%)Emerald Mist Dust#DFECDF · hsl(120, 26%, 90%)Emerald Mist Soft#DDEEDD · hsl(120, 34%, 90%)Emerald Mist Clear#D8F3D8 · hsl(120, 54%, 90%)Emerald Mist Vivid#D3F8D3 · hsl(120, 74%, 90%)Emerald Mist Bright#D0FBD0 · hsl(120, 84%, 90%)Emerald Mist Pure#CEFDCE · hsl(120, 92%, 90%)
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