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#E5FDCF

Cream · very light cool green

About #E5FDCF

#E5FDCF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 9.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E7CFFD — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E5FDCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red229
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #E5FDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E5FDCF.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E5FDCF.
19.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5FDCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5FDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FEF5D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7F9F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5FDCF?

#E5FDCF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 99% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E5FDCF?

Use black text. Black on #E5FDCF has a contrast ratio of 19.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5FDCF?

Its complementary colour is #E7CFFD, and analogous partners are #FCFDCF and #CFFDD0.