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#E6F2CB

Cream · very light cool green

About #E6F2CB

With the hex code #E6F2CB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 95% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Cream — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D7CBF2, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red230
Green242
Blue203

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 7.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #E6F2CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E6F2CB.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E6F2CB.
17.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6F2CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6F2CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EDC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9EEE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6F2CB?

With the hex code #E6F2CB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 90% red, 95% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E6F2CB?

Use black text. Black on #E6F2CB has a contrast ratio of 17.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6F2CB?

Its complementary colour is #D7CBF2, and analogous partners are #F2EBCB and #D3F2CB.