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#E6ECD3

Beige · very light warm green

About #E6ECD3

#E6ECD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9D3EC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6ECD3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red230
Green236
Blue211

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #E6ECD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E6ECD3.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E6ECD3.
17.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6ECD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6ECD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E9D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE9D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9E9E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6ECD3?

#E6ECD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6ECD3?

Use black text. Black on #E6ECD3 has a contrast ratio of 17.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6ECD3?

Its complementary colour is #D9D3EC, and analogous partners are #ECE5D3 and #DAECD3.