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#EDF3CE

Cream · very light warm green

About #EDF3CE

#EDF3CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4CEF3 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDF3CE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red237
Green243
Blue206

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #EDF3CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF3CE.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF3CE.
18.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDF3CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDF3CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9EFCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F0CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2EEE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDF3CE?

#EDF3CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDF3CE?

Use black text. Black on #EDF3CE has a contrast ratio of 18.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDF3CE?

Its complementary colour is #D4CEF3, and analogous partners are #F3E6CE and #DBF3CE.