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#EEF8F5

Off White · very light neutral

About #EEF8F5

#EEF8F5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 97% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 3% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Off White (ΔE 4.3); White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F8EEF1 — a snow tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEF8F5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green248
Blue245

Closest named colours

Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 4.3
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 5.0
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 5.8

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

Text on #EEF8F5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on off white #EEF8F5.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on off white #EEF8F5.
19.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEF8F5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEF8F5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7F7F5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F5F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECF8F7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEF8F5?

#EEF8F5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 97% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 3% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #EEF8F5?

Use black text. Black on #EEF8F5 has a contrast ratio of 19.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEF8F5?

Its complementary colour is #F8EEF1, and analogous partners are #EEF8F0 and #EEF6F8.