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#EDF5CF

Cream · very light warm green

About #EDF5CF

#EDF5CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Cream (ΔE 6.1); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7CFF5 — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDF5CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red237
Green245
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 6.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #EDF5CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF5CF.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #EDF5CF.
18.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDF5CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDF5CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF1CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FAF1D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1F1EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDF5CF?

#EDF5CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDF5CF?

Use black text. Black on #EDF5CF has a contrast ratio of 18.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDF5CF?

Its complementary colour is #D7CFF5, and analogous partners are #F5EACF and #DAF5CF.