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#E2EAD3

Beige · very light cool green

About #E2EAD3

#E2EAD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.4); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBD3EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2EAD3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red226
Green234
Blue211

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #E2EAD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EAD3.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EAD3.
16.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2EAD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2EAD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE7D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4E7E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2EAD3?

#E2EAD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2EAD3?

Use black text. Black on #E2EAD3 has a contrast ratio of 16.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2EAD3?

Its complementary colour is #DBD3EA, and analogous partners are #EAE7D3 and #D7EAD3.