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#ECF1CB

Cream · very light warm green

About #ECF1CB

#ECF1CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 95% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.2); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0CBF1 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECF1CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green241
Blue203

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #ECF1CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECF1CB.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #ECF1CB.
18.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECF1CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECF1CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EDC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1ECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECF1CB?

#ECF1CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 95% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECF1CB?

Use black text. Black on #ECF1CB has a contrast ratio of 18.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECF1CB?

Its complementary colour is #D0CBF1, and analogous partners are #F1E3CB and #D9F1CB.