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#E7EFDB

Beige · very light cool green

About #E7EFDB

#E7EFDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.6); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3DBEF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7EFDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red231
Green239
Blue219

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.2
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #E7EFDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EFDB.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7EFDB.
17.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7EFDB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7EFDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2ECDA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0ECDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8EDE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7EFDB?

#E7EFDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E7EFDB?

Use black text. Black on #E7EFDB has a contrast ratio of 17.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7EFDB?

Its complementary colour is #E3DBEF, and analogous partners are #EFEDDB and #DDEFDB.