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Seafoam Whisper Clear
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Seafoam Whisper Clear

Green · Hue 140
Metrics
S 54% · L 94%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.1:1Failon black19:1AA
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About this color

Seafoam Whisper Clear (#E7F8ED) belongs to the green family — hue 140°, 54% saturation, 94% 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-seafoam-whisper-clear: #E7F8ED;
  --colorarchive-seafoam-whisper-clear-hsl: hsl(140, 54%, 94%);
  --colorarchive-seafoam-whisper-clear-rgb: rgb(231, 248, 237);
}

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

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 #E7F8ED.

  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Anthropicbackground
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Stripeneutral
    Off White · #F6F9FC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #E7F8ED.

  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek White (백 / baek)
    #F5F5F2 · West — metal element, hemp linen
    →
  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Limewashed White
    #F8F4EE · Calcium hydroxide on stone
    →

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
Seafoam Veil Clear
#F7FDF9 · hsl(140, 54%, 98%)
Darker companion
Seafoam Mist Clear
#D8F3E1 · hsl(140, 54%, 90%)
Complementary counterpoint
Rose Whisper Clear
#F8E7F2 · hsl(320, 54%, 94%)
Analogous lead
Teal Whisper Clear
#E7F8F2 · hsl(160, 54%, 94%)
Analogous echo
Clover Whisper Clear
#E9F8E7 · hsl(115, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +120°
Orchid Whisper Clear
#EDE7F8 · hsl(260, 54%, 94%)
Triadic +240°
Ember Whisper Clear
#F8EDE7 · hsl(20, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +150°
Magenta Whisper Clear
#F5E7F8 · hsl(290, 54%, 94%)
Split-comp +210°
Merlot Whisper Clear
#F8E7EA · hsl(350, 54%, 94%)
Export preview
Base: Seafoam Whisper Clear #E7F8ED
Lighter companion: Seafoam Veil Clear #F7FDF9
Darker companion: Seafoam Mist Clear #D8F3E1
Complementary counterpoint: Rose Whisper Clear #F8E7F2
Analogous lead: Teal Whisper Clear #E7F8F2
Analogous echo: Clover Whisper Clear #E9F8E7
Triadic +120°: Orchid Whisper Clear #EDE7F8
Triadic +240°: Ember Whisper Clear #F8EDE7
Split-comp +150°: Magenta Whisper Clear #F5E7F8
Split-comp +210°: Merlot Whisper Clear #F8E7EA

Compare

See how Seafoam Whisper Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsSeafoam Veil ClearvsSeafoam Mist ClearvsRose Whisper ClearvsTeal Whisper ClearvsClover Whisper ClearvsOrchid Whisper Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Seafoam Mist Clear
#D8F3E1 · hsl(140, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Veil Clear
#F7FDF9 · hsl(140, 54%, 98%)
Nearby match
Celadon Whisper Clear
#E7F8EE · hsl(145, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Pearl Clear
#C0ECCF · hsl(140, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Celadon Mist Clear
#D8F3E3 · hsl(145, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Celadon Veil Clear
#F7FDF9 · hsl(145, 54%, 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
AAA7:1
Rose Dusk Faint
#5F4E5A
AAA7.3:1
Rose Dusk Muted
#66475C
AAA7.5:1
Rose Dusk Dust
#6D405E
AAA7.6:1
Rose Dusk Soft
#743961
AAA7.6:1
Rose Dusk Clear
#862866
AAA7.2:1
Rose Dusk Vivid
#97176C

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#EEECF0
Protanopia
#EFEFF0
Tritanopia
#E8F2F2
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Seafoam Whisper Faint#EEF1EF · hsl(140, 10%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Muted#EDF2EF · hsl(140, 18%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Dust#ECF4EE · hsl(140, 26%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Soft#EAF5EE · hsl(140, 34%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Clear#E7F8ED · hsl(140, 54%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Vivid#E4FBEC · hsl(140, 74%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Bright#E3FDEB · hsl(140, 84%, 94%)Seafoam Whisper Pure#E2FEEB · hsl(140, 92%, 94%)
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