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Seafoam Mist Dust
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Seafoam Mist Dust

Green · Hue 140
Hex
#DFECE3
RGB
rgb(223, 236, 227)
HSL
hsl(140, 26%, 90%)
CMYK
cmyk(6%, 0%, 4%, 7%)
Metrics
S 26% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.2:1Fail
on black
17.2:1AA
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About this color

Seafoam Mist Dust (#DFECE3) belongs to the green family — hue 140°, 26% 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-seafoam-mist-dust: #DFECE3;
  --colorarchive-seafoam-mist-dust-hsl: hsl(140, 26%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-seafoam-mist-dust-rgb: rgb(223, 236, 227);
}

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 pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

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 low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #DFECE3.

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

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #DFECE3.

  • Turkey (Istanbul)Marble White
    #F0EBE0 · Marmara marble, used since Roman era
    →
  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • IrelandAran Cream
    #F0E8D2 · Undyed Aran wool sweater tradition
    →

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 Whisper Dust
#ECF4EE · hsl(140, 26%, 94%)
Darker companion
Seafoam Pearl Dust
#CCE1D3 · hsl(140, 26%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Rose Mist Dust
#ECDFE8 · hsl(320, 26%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Teal Mist Dust
#DFECE8 · hsl(160, 26%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Clover Mist Dust
#E0ECDF · hsl(115, 26%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Orchid Mist Dust
#E3DFEC · hsl(260, 26%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Ember Mist Dust
#ECE3DF · hsl(20, 26%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Magenta Mist Dust
#EADFEC · hsl(290, 26%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Merlot Mist Dust
#ECDFE1 · hsl(350, 26%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Seafoam Mist Dust #DFECE3
Lighter companion: Seafoam Whisper Dust #ECF4EE
Darker companion: Seafoam Pearl Dust #CCE1D3
Complementary counterpoint: Rose Mist Dust #ECDFE8
Analogous lead: Teal Mist Dust #DFECE8
Analogous echo: Clover Mist Dust #E0ECDF
Triadic +120°: Orchid Mist Dust #E3DFEC
Triadic +240°: Ember Mist Dust #ECE3DF
Split-comp +150°: Magenta Mist Dust #EADFEC
Split-comp +210°: Merlot Mist Dust #ECDFE1

Compare

See how Seafoam Mist Dust compares side by side with related colors.

vsSeafoam Whisper DustvsSeafoam Pearl DustvsRose Mist DustvsTeal Mist DustvsClover Mist DustvsOrchid Mist Dust

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Seafoam Whisper Dust
#ECF4EE · hsl(140, 26%, 94%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Mist Muted
#E1EAE4 · hsl(140, 18%, 90%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Mist Soft
#DDEEE3 · hsl(140, 34%, 90%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Pearl Dust
#CCE1D3 · hsl(140, 26%, 84%)
Nearby match
Celadon Mist Dust
#DFECE4 · hsl(145, 26%, 90%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Veil Dust
#F9FBF9 · hsl(140, 26%, 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
AAA8:1
Rose Shadow Faint
#4F404A
AAA8.2:1
Rose Shadow Muted
#543B4C
AAA8.4:1
Rose Shadow Dust
#5A354E
AAA8.6:1
Rose Shadow Soft
#602F4F
AAA8.6:1
Rose Shadow Clear
#6E2154
AAA8.2:1
Rose Shadow Vivid
#7C1359

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E4E3E6
Protanopia
#E5E5E5
Tritanopia
#E0E7E7
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