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#EAFEDE

Beige · very light cool white

About #EAFEDE

#EAFEDE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.1); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2DEFE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAFEDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green254
Blue222

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #EAFEDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAFEDE.
1.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EAFEDE.
19.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EAFEDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FEF7DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAFBF5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAFEDE?

#EAFEDE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EAFEDE?

Use black text. Black on #EAFEDE has a contrast ratio of 19.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAFEDE?

Its complementary colour is #F2DEFE, and analogous partners are #FAFEDE and #DEFEE2.