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Moss Pearl Clear
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Moss Pearl Clear

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#CFECC0
RGB
rgb(207, 236, 192)
HSL
hsl(100, 54%, 84%)
CMYK
cmyk(12%, 0%, 19%, 7%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 84%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.3:1Fail
on black
16.4:1AA
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About this color

Moss Pearl Clear (#CFECC0) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 54% saturation, 84% 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-moss-pearl-clear: #CFECC0;
  --colorarchive-moss-pearl-clear-hsl: hsl(100, 54%, 84%);
  --colorarchive-moss-pearl-clear-rgb: rgb(207, 236, 192);
}

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 the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts 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 and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). 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 the most 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 #CFECC0.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #CFECC0.

  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Hanji Cream
    #EAE0CB · Mulberry-fiber Korean paper
    →

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
Moss Mist Clear
#E1F3D8 · hsl(100, 54%, 90%)
Darker companion
Moss Bloom Clear
#B7E3A1 · hsl(100, 54%, 76%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Pearl Clear
#DEC0EC · hsl(280, 54%, 84%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Pearl Clear
#C0ECC0 · hsl(120, 54%, 84%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Pearl Clear
#E1ECC0 · hsl(75, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Pearl Clear
#C0CFEC · hsl(220, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Pearl Clear
#ECC0CF · hsl(340, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Pearl Clear
#C8C0EC · hsl(250, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Pearl Clear
#ECC0E5 · hsl(310, 54%, 84%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Pearl Clear #CFECC0
Lighter companion: Moss Mist Clear #E1F3D8
Darker companion: Moss Bloom Clear #B7E3A1
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Pearl Clear #DEC0EC
Analogous lead: Emerald Pearl Clear #C0ECC0
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Pearl Clear #E1ECC0
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Pearl Clear #C0CFEC
Triadic +240°: Garnet Pearl Clear #ECC0CF
Split-comp +150°: Violet Pearl Clear #C8C0EC
Split-comp +210°: Peony Pearl Clear #ECC0E5

Compare

See how Moss Pearl Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Mist ClearvsMoss Bloom ClearvsMulberry Pearl ClearvsEmerald Pearl ClearvsChartreuse Pearl ClearvsCobalt Pearl Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Moss Mist Clear
#E1F3D8 · hsl(100, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Clear
#B7E3A1 · hsl(100, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Whisper Clear
#EDF8E7 · hsl(100, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Moss Pearl Soft
#D2E4C8 · hsl(100, 34%, 84%)
Nearby match
Moss Pearl Vivid
#CCF4B8 · hsl(100, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Moss Veil Clear
#F9FDF7 · hsl(100, 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
Mulberry Dusk Soft
#613974
AAA7.4:1
Mulberry Dusk Clear
#662886
AAA7.4:1
Mulberry Dusk Vivid
#6C1797
AAA7.3:1
Mulberry Dusk Bright
#6F0EA0
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Dusk Pure
#7107A6
AAA7.7:1
Mulberry Shadow Faint
#4A404F

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#DAD8CF
Protanopia
#DCDCCC
Tritanopia
#D1D5D6
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