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#EAFCF2

Ivory · very light cool white

About #EAFCF2

#EAFCF2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 99% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ivory (ΔE 7.1); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCEAF4 — a snow tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAFCF2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green252
Blue242

Closest named colours

Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.1
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 7.5
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #EAFCF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ivory #EAFCF2.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ivory #EAFCF2.
19.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAFCF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAFCF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF9F2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F7F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7FCF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAFCF2?

#EAFCF2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 99% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EAFCF2?

Use black text. Black on #EAFCF2 has a contrast ratio of 19.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAFCF2?

Its complementary colour is #FCEAF4, and analogous partners are #EBFCEA and #EAFCFB.