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#E2EBD5

Beige · very light cool green

About #E2EBD5

#E2EBD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% 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 #DED5EB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2EBD5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green235
Blue213

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #E2EBD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EBD5.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EBD5.
17.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2EBD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2EBD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE8D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE8D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4E9E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2EBD5?

#E2EBD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 92% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2EBD5?

Use black text. Black on #E2EBD5 has a contrast ratio of 17.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2EBD5?

Its complementary colour is #DED5EB, and analogous partners are #EBE9D5 and #D7EBD5.