ColorXprez

#EAFBE2

Beige · very light cool white

About #EAFBE2

With the hex code #EAFBE2, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 98% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 6.2 — followed by Ivory. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F3E2FB, 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 19.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red234
Green251
Blue226

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.2
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #EAFBE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAFBE2.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAFBE2.
19.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAFBE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAFBE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FDF7E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FAF5E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAF9F4

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAFBE2?

With the hex code #EAFBE2, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 98% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EAFBE2?

Use black text. Black on #EAFBE2 has a contrast ratio of 19.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAFBE2?

Its complementary colour is #F3E2FB, and analogous partners are #F7FBE2 and #E2FBE7.