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#EEF8E4

Beige · very light cool white

About #EEF8E4

With the hex code #EEF8E4, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 97% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 3% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Beige — a ΔE of 4.4 — followed by Ivory. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EEE4F8, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green248
Blue228

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 4.4
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 5.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #EEF8E4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF8E4.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #EEF8E4.
19.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEF8E4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEF8E4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF5E3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F9F4E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFF6F2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEF8E4?

With the hex code #EEF8E4, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 93% red, 97% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 3% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EEF8E4?

Use black text. Black on #EEF8E4 has a contrast ratio of 19.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEF8E4?

Its complementary colour is #EEE4F8, and analogous partners are #F8F8E4 and #E4F8E4.