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#E5EBD4

Beige · very light cool green

About #E5EBD4

#E5EBD4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 92% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.6), with Eggshell the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DAD4EB (lavender), 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 17.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red229
Green235
Blue212

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 4.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #E5EBD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E5EBD4.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E5EBD4.
17.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5EBD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5EBD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE8D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE8D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7E8E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5EBD4?

#E5EBD4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 92% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E5EBD4?

Use black text. Black on #E5EBD4 has a contrast ratio of 17.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5EBD4?

Its complementary colour is #DAD4EB, and analogous partners are #EBE5D4 and #DAEBD4.