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#E7EDCE

Beige · very light warm green

About #E7EDCE

#E7EDCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4CEED — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7EDCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red231
Green237
Blue206

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.1
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #E7EDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EDCE.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EDCE.
17.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7EDCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7EDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E9CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1EACF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBE9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7EDCE?

#E7EDCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E7EDCE?

Use black text. Black on #E7EDCE has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7EDCE?

Its complementary colour is #D4CEED, and analogous partners are #EDE4CE and #D8EDCE.