ColorXprez

#EBFBF2

Off White · very light neutral

About #EBFBF2

#EBFBF2 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 98% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 2% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Off White (ΔE 6.7); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FBEBF4 — a snow tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBFBF2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red235
Green251
Blue242

Closest named colours

Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 6.7
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 6.8
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 7.8

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

Text on #EBFBF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on off white #EBFBF2.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on off white #EBFBF2.
19.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBFBF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBFBF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF8F2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7F6F2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8FBF8

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBFBF2?

#EBFBF2 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 98% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 2% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EBFBF2?

Use black text. Black on #EBFBF2 has a contrast ratio of 19.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBFBF2?

Its complementary colour is #FBEBF4, and analogous partners are #ECFBEB and #EBFBFA.