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#EDFBE7

Beige · very light cool white

About #EDFBE7

#EDFBE7 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 98% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 5.8); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F5E7FB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDFBE7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green251
Blue231

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 5.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 6.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #EDFBE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDFBE7.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDFBE7.
19.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDFBE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDFBE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FDF8E6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FAF6E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDF9F5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDFBE7?

#EDFBE7 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 98% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EDFBE7?

Use black text. Black on #EDFBE7 has a contrast ratio of 19.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDFBE7?

Its complementary colour is #F5E7FB, and analogous partners are #F7FBE7 and #E7FBEB.