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#ECEFD9

Beige · very light warm green

About #ECEFD9

#ECEFD9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Beige (ΔE 2.9); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCD9EF — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECEFD9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green239
Blue217

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 3.6
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.1

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

Text on #ECEFD9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECEFD9.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECEFD9.
17.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECEFD9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECEFD9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EDD8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EDDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFECE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECEFD9?

#ECEFD9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 94% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECEFD9?

Use black text. Black on #ECEFD9 has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECEFD9?

Its complementary colour is #DCD9EF, and analogous partners are #EFE7D9 and #E1EFD9.