#EFF8DF
Beige · very light cool white
About #EFF8DF
#EFF8DF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 97% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 3.3); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8DFF8 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFF8DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #EFF8DF
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #EFF8DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #EFF8DF?
#EFF8DF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 97% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #EFF8DF?
Use black text. Black on #EFF8DF has a contrast ratio of 19.16:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #EFF8DF?
Its complementary colour is #E8DFF8, and analogous partners are #F8F5DF and #E3F8DF.