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#E2FDCF

Cream · very light cool green

About #E2FDCF

#E2FDCF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EACFFD — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2FDCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red226
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #E2FDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E2FDCF.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E2FDCF.
19.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2FDCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2FDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF4D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3F9F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2FDCF?

#E2FDCF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2FDCF?

Use black text. Black on #E2FDCF has a contrast ratio of 19.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2FDCF?

Its complementary colour is #EACFFD, and analogous partners are #F9FDCF and #CFFDD3.