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#EBF4D8

Beige · very light cool green

About #EBF4D8

#EBF4D8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 96% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E1D8F4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBF4D8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green244
Blue216

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.1
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #EBF4D8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EBF4D8.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EBF4D8.
18.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBF4D8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBF4D8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F8F0D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7F0D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDF1EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBF4D8?

#EBF4D8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 96% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBF4D8?

Use black text. Black on #EBF4D8 has a contrast ratio of 18.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBF4D8?

Its complementary colour is #E1D8F4, and analogous partners are #F4EFD8 and #DDF4D8.