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#EEF5DA

Beige · very light cool green

About #EEF5DA

#EEF5DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Beige (ΔE 2.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E1DAF5 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEF5DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green245
Blue218

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 2.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #EEF5DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF5DA.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF5DA.
18.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEF5DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEF5DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F2D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F2DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1F2ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEF5DA?

#EEF5DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 96% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EEF5DA?

Use black text. Black on #EEF5DA has a contrast ratio of 18.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEF5DA?

Its complementary colour is #E1DAF5, and analogous partners are #F5EFDA and #E1F5DA.