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#E7EFD5

Beige · very light cool green

About #E7EFD5

#E7EFD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.0); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDD5EF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7EFD5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red231
Green239
Blue213

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.0
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #E7EFD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EFD5.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EFD5.
17.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7EFD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7EFD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3ECD4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2ECD6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9ECE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7EFD5?

#E7EFD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E7EFD5?

Use black text. Black on #E7EFD5 has a contrast ratio of 17.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7EFD5?

Its complementary colour is #DDD5EF, and analogous partners are #EFEAD5 and #DAEFD5.