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#EBEFC2

Cream · very light warm green

About #EBEFC2

#EBEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 5.8); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C6C2EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBEFC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 5.8
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 10.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #EBEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEFC2.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEFC2.
17.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6ECC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1E9E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBEFC2?

#EBEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #EBEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #C6C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFDDC2 and #D5EFC2.