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#EDF7DC

Beige · very light cool green

About #EDF7DC

#EDF7DC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 97% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6DCF7 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDF7DC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.94:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green247
Blue220

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 3.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.1

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

Text on #EDF7DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDF7DC.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDF7DC.
18.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDF7DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDF7DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF3DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F9F3DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFF4EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDF7DC?

#EDF7DC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 97% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EDF7DC?

Use black text. Black on #EDF7DC has a contrast ratio of 18.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDF7DC?

Its complementary colour is #E6DCF7, and analogous partners are #F7F4DC and #E0F7DC.