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#E2EFCE

Beige · very light cool green

About #E2EFCE

#E2EFCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% 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 7.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBCEEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2EFCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red226
Green239
Blue206

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.6
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #E2EFCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EFCE.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E2EFCE.
17.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2EFCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2EFCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EBCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1EACF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4ECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2EFCE?

#E2EFCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2EFCE?

Use black text. Black on #E2EFCE has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2EFCE?

Its complementary colour is #DBCEEF, and analogous partners are #EFEBCE and #D2EFCE.