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#EBEFC7

Cream · very light warm green

About #EBEFC7

#EBEFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 94% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.1), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CBC7EF (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green239
Blue199

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.3
Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #EBEFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEFC7.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EBEFC7.
17.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBEFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBEFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6ECC8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0EAE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBEFC7?

#EBEFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 94% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBEFC7?

Use black text. Black on #EBEFC7 has a contrast ratio of 17.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBEFC7?

Its complementary colour is #CBC7EF, and analogous partners are #EFDFC7 and #D7EFC7.