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#E4FDCF

Cream · very light cool green

About #E4FDCF

#E4FDCF is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.1), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E8CFFD (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 — 19.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red228
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.5

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

Text on #E4FDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4FDCF.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E4FDCF.
19.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4FDCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4FDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FEF4D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5F9F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4FDCF?

#E4FDCF is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E4FDCF?

Use black text. Black on #E4FDCF has a contrast ratio of 19.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4FDCF?

Its complementary colour is #E8CFFD, and analogous partners are #FBFDCF and #CFFDD1.