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#ECFBE2

Beige · very light cool white

About #ECFBE2

#ECFBE2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 98% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.5); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1E2FB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECFBE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green251
Blue226

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #ECFBE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECFBE2.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #ECFBE2.
19.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECFBE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECFBE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FEF7E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FBF6E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDF9F4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECFBE2?

#ECFBE2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 98% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ECFBE2?

Use black text. Black on #ECFBE2 has a contrast ratio of 19.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECFBE2?

Its complementary colour is #F1E2FB, and analogous partners are #F9FBE2 and #E2FBE5.