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#E4F4DF

Beige · very light cool green

About #E4F4DF

#E4F4DF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 6.3); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDFF4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4F4DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green244
Blue223

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.2
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #E4F4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4F4DF.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E4F4DF.
18.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4F4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4F4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F0DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EFE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4F2EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4F4DF?

#E4F4DF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E4F4DF?

Use black text. Black on #E4F4DF has a contrast ratio of 18.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4F4DF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDFF4, and analogous partners are #EFF4DF and #DFF4E5.