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#ECDFC8

Champagne · very light warm orange

About #ECDFC8

#ECDFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Champagne (ΔE 3.4); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C8D5EC — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECDFC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.96:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green223
Blue200

Closest named colours

Champagne
#F7E7CE · ΔE 3.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 4.5

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

Text on #ECDFC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDFC8.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on champagne #ECDFC8.
15.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECDFC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECDFC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5DEC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E2C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3DBD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDFC8?

#ECDFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDFC8?

Use black text. Black on #ECDFC8 has a contrast ratio of 15.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDFC8?

Its complementary colour is #C8D5EC, and analogous partners are #ECCDC8 and #E7ECC8.