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#EAEFCF

Beige · very light warm green

About #EAEFCF

#EAEFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 4.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4CFEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAEFCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green239
Blue207

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #EAEFCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAEFCF.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAEFCF.
17.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EAEFCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4ECCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4ECD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEEBE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAEFCF?

#EAEFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EAEFCF?

Use black text. Black on #EAEFCF has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAEFCF?

Its complementary colour is #D4CFEF, and analogous partners are #EFE4CF and #DAEFCF.