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#E4EFC2

Cream · very light warm green

About #E4EFC2

#E4EFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 7.6), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CDC2EF (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.5
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #E4EFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4EFC2.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4EFC2.
17.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4EFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4EFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EABF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4EAC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9EAE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4EFC2?

#E4EFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4EFC2?

Use black text. Black on #E4EFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4EFC2?

Its complementary colour is #CDC2EF, and analogous partners are #EFE3C2 and #CEEFC2.