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#EAEFC2

Cream · very light warm green

About #EAEFC2

#EAEFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.0), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C7C2EF (periwinkle), 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 17.62:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #EAEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAEFC2.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EAEFC2.
17.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EABF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6ECC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0E9E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAEFC2?

#EAEFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #EAEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #C7C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFDEC2 and #D4EFC2.