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#E7FEDA

Beige · very light cool white

About #E7FEDA

#E7FEDA is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 91% red, 100% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Beige (ΔE 10.0), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F1DAFE (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.59:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red231
Green254
Blue218

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.0
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #E7FEDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7FEDA.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E7FEDA.
19.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7FEDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7FEDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FEF6DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7FBF4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7FEDA?

#E7FEDA is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 91% red, 100% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E7FEDA?

Use black text. Black on #E7FEDA has a contrast ratio of 19.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7FEDA?

Its complementary colour is #F1DAFE, and analogous partners are #F9FEDA and #DAFEDF.