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Seafoam Whisper Clear
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Seafoam Whisper Clear

Green · Hue 140
Hex
#E7F8ED
RGB
rgb(231, 248, 237)
HSL
hsl(140, 54%, 94%)
CMYK
cmyk(7%, 0%, 4%, 3%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 94%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.1:1Fail
on black
19:1AA
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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 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 #E7F8ED.

  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →
  • Anthropicprimary
    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
    →

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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