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#E4ECD2

Beige · very light cool green

About #E4ECD2

#E4ECD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAD2EC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4ECD2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green236
Blue210

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #E4ECD2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4ECD2.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4ECD2.
17.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4ECD2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4ECD2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E9D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE9D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6E9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4ECD2?

#E4ECD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E4ECD2?

Use black text. Black on #E4ECD2 has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4ECD2?

Its complementary colour is #DAD2EC, and analogous partners are #ECE7D2 and #D7ECD2.