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#E4F3DB

Beige · very light cool green

About #E4F3DB

With the hex code #E4F3DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 95% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 5.7 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EADBF3, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green243
Blue219

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #E4F3DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4F3DB.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4F3DB.
18.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4F3DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4F3DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EFDA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EEDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4F1EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4F3DB?

With the hex code #E4F3DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 95% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4F3DB?

Use black text. Black on #E4F3DB has a contrast ratio of 18.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4F3DB?

Its complementary colour is #EADBF3, and analogous partners are #F0F3DB and #DBF3DE.