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#E8F0DA

Beige · very light cool green

About #E8F0DA

With the hex code #E8F0DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 94% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Eggshell. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E2DAF0, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red232
Green240
Blue218

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.3
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #E8F0DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #E8F0DA.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #E8F0DA.
17.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8F0DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8F0DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EDD9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2EDDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAEEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8F0DA?

With the hex code #E8F0DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 91% red, 94% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E8F0DA?

Use black text. Black on #E8F0DA has a contrast ratio of 17.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8F0DA?

Its complementary colour is #E2DAF0, and analogous partners are #F0EDDA and #DDF0DA.