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#E8FCD6

Cream · very light cool green

About #E8FCD6

#E8FCD6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 99% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 9.0); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAD6FC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E8FCD6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red232
Green252
Blue214

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #E8FCD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E8FCD6.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E8FCD6.
19.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E8FCD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E8FCD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF5D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9F8F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E8FCD6?

#E8FCD6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 99% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E8FCD6?

Use black text. Black on #E8FCD6 has a contrast ratio of 19.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E8FCD6?

Its complementary colour is #EAD6FC, and analogous partners are #FBFCD6 and #D6FCD7.