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#E1F2CF

Beige · very light cool green

About #E1F2CF

#E1F2CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.4); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0CFF2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E1F2CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red225
Green242
Blue207

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.4
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #E1F2CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E1F2CF.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E1F2CF.
17.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E1F2CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E1F2CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EDCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3ECD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3EFE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E1F2CF?

#E1F2CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E1F2CF?

Use black text. Black on #E1F2CF has a contrast ratio of 17.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E1F2CF?

Its complementary colour is #E0CFF2, and analogous partners are #F2F1CF and #D0F2CF.