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#E5FCCF

Cream · very light cool green

About #E5FCCF

#E5FCCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 9.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E6CFFC (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 — 19.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red229
Green252
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #E5FCCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E5FCCF.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E5FCCF.
19.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5FCCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5FCCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF4D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7F8EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5FCCF?

#E5FCCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E5FCCF?

Use black text. Black on #E5FCCF has a contrast ratio of 19.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5FCCF?

Its complementary colour is #E6CFFC, and analogous partners are #FCFCCF and #CFFCD0.