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#EDFDE2

Beige · very light cool white

About #EDFDE2

#EDFDE2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 99% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 6.0); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2E2FD — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDFDE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green253
Blue226

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 8.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #EDFDE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDFDE2.
1.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EDFDE2.
19.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDFDE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDFDE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF9E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF7E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEFAF5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDFDE2?

#EDFDE2 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 99% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EDFDE2?

Use black text. Black on #EDFDE2 has a contrast ratio of 19.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDFDE2?

Its complementary colour is #F2E2FD, and analogous partners are #FBFDE2 and #E2FDE4.