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#E8F0CD

Beige · very light warm green

About #E8F0CD

#E8F0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 6.5); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5CDF0 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E8F0CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red232
Green240
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.5
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 8.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #E8F0CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E8F0CD.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E8F0CD.
17.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8F0CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8F0CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5ECCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4ECCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8F0CD?

#E8F0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E8F0CD?

Use black text. Black on #E8F0CD has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8F0CD?

Its complementary colour is #D5CDF0, and analogous partners are #F0E7CD and #D7F0CD.