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#E3ECBD

Cream · very light warm green

About #E3ECBD

#E3ECBD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 93% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 8.0), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C6BDEC (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red227
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #E3ECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E3ECBD.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E3ECBD.
17.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E3ECBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E3ECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E7BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2E8BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8E7DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E3ECBD?

#E3ECBD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 93% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E3ECBD?

Use black text. Black on #E3ECBD has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E3ECBD?

Its complementary colour is #C6BDEC, and analogous partners are #ECDEBD and #CCECBD.