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#F6FDCF

Cream · very light warm green

About #F6FDCF

#F6FDCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 96% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Cream (ΔE 3.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D6CFFD (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red246
Green253
Blue207

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 3.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #F6FDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #F6FDCF.
1.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #F6FDCF.
19.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F6FDCF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F6FDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF9D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FCF7F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F6FDCF?

#F6FDCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 96% red, 99% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F6FDCF?

Use black text. Black on #F6FDCF has a contrast ratio of 19.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F6FDCF?

Its complementary colour is #D6CFFD, and analogous partners are #FDEDCF and #DFFDCF.