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#E0EFCD

Beige · very light cool green

About #E0EFCD

#E0EFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 8.0); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCCDEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E0EFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red224
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.0
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #E0EFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E0EFCD.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E0EFCD.
17.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0EFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0EFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EACB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1E9CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2ECE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0EFCD?

#E0EFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E0EFCD?

Use black text. Black on #E0EFCD has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0EFCD?

Its complementary colour is #DCCDEF, and analogous partners are #EFEDCD and #CFEFCD.