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#EAF3DE

Beige · very light cool green

About #EAF3DE

With the hex code #EAF3DE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 95% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% 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 #E7DEF3, 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 18.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green243
Blue222

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 6.7

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

Text on #EAF3DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAF3DE.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAF3DE.
18.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAF3DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAF3DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F0DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4F0DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBF1ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAF3DE?

With the hex code #EAF3DE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 95% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAF3DE?

Use black text. Black on #EAF3DE has a contrast ratio of 18.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAF3DE?

Its complementary colour is #E7DEF3, and analogous partners are #F3F2DE and #E0F3DE.